Abstract
Before the eighteenth century's second half the port and city of Ostend was quite isolated from the Southern Netherlands' (Belgium) urban centres. This isolation had an important impact on that city's maritime industries. In the eighteenth century's second half, the Austrian regime's state consolidation project in the Southern Netherlands launched the so-called transit policy. This policy redrew the geopolitical map and geared Ostend in the country's economy.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 319-347 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | International Journal of Maritime History |
| Volume | 19 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Ostend
- transit policy
- Southern Netherlands
- Ostend Company
- privateering
- fisheries
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Ypres, la Flandre rétrocédée et la politique de transit au XVIIIe siècle
Translated title of the contribution :Ypres, Retroceded Flanders and the Transit policy in the 18th Century Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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The Austrian Netherlands' Transit Policy and the Port of Ostend: Solving the 'Closure of the Scheldt'
Serruys, M.-W., 2008, Crisis and Transition. Maritime Sectors in the North Sea Region 1790-1940: 8th North Sea History Conference, Bremerhaven. Scholl, L. U. & Williams, D. M. (eds.). Bremen: Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH, p. 150-170 21 p. (Deutsche Maritime Studien; vol. 5).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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La géopolitique maritime de la Belgique
Translated title of the contribution :Maritime geopolitics of Belgium Research output: Thesis › Master-after-Master Thesis
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Ostend: Developing a Habsburg window upon the World
Serruys, M. (Speaker)
3 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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The Ostend Company and the Belgian maritime renewal
Serruys, M. (Speaker)
28 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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The Port of Ostend and the Austrian Netherlands' Transit policy (1713-1789). A Case-study of the Dynamic of Port Hinterlands
Serruys, M. (Speaker)
Jun 2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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