Healthscapes

Ghent

An online viewer to explore public health issues and policies in the late Middle Ages.

This viewer is part of the Healthscaping Urban Europe Project. Detailed information about each layer is to be found here.

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Cleaners number of mentions 14th century

Number of mentions of cleaners per location in the 14th century

Late medieval network of rivers and canals

Late medieval streets network

Number of public health ordinances lines locations

Total number of public health related ordinances issued per locations between 1337 and 1380

Number of public health ordinances points locations

Total number of public health related ordinances issued per locations between 1337 and 1380

Paving expenses 14th century lines locations

Number of times the name of the location is mentioned in the paving chapters of the accounts between 1321 and 1389

Paving expenses 14th century point locations

Number of times the name of the location is mentioned in the paving chapters of the accounts between 1321 and 1389

Paving expenses 15th century lines locations

Number of times the name of the location is mentioned in the paving chapters of the accounts between 1401 and 1455

Paving expenses 15th century point locations

Number of times the name of the location is mentioned in the paving chapters of the accounts between 1401 and 1455

Public works 14th century line locations

Proportion of years (among our 13 sample years selected between 1321 and 1389) for which at least one public work has been done on a location

Public works 14th century point locations

Proportion of years (among our 13 sample years selected between 1321 and 1389) for which at least one public work has been done on a location

Public works 15th century line locations

Proportion of years (among our 10 sample years selected between 1409 and 1456) for which at least one public work has been done on a location

Public works 15th century point location

Proportion of years (among our 10 sample years selected between 1409 and 1456) for which at least one public work has been done on a location

Topographic contours lines

Water stream direction

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Craftsmen in the 14th century

Spatial distribution of craftmen of a same craft
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Value are in percentage. How to read the result of the filter? The darker is the district, the higher is the proportion of craftmen who work for the same craft in one district.

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works on water mills 14th century

Works on water mills 14th century
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works on waterworks 14th century

Works on waterworks 14th century
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works on paving 14th century

Works on paving 14th century
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works on gates 14th century

Works on gates 14th century
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Works on bridges 15th century

Works on bridges 15th century
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Works on buildings 15th century

Works on buildings 15th century
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Works on gates 15th century

Works on gates 15th century
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Works on water mills 15th century

Works on water mills 15th century
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Works on waterworks 15th century

Works on waterworks 15th century
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Works on paving 15th century

Works on paving 15th century
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works on bridges 14th century

Works on bridges 14th century
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works on buildings 14th century

Works on buildings 14th century
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This application is part of a project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme Grant agreement No. 724114)

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