Integratie van natuurwetenschappelijke en historische bronnen voor de ontginningsgeschiedenis van het zuidoostelijke Westerscheldegebied

The historical geography of the West Scheldt region, in particular the southeastern part of it bas been studied both by historians and geographers, but there is no consensus between them about the genesis of the landscape which bas been influenced by the presence of the river Scheldt. In this article we try to bring together the different points of view as well as their argumentation, to which new interpretation is added in order to come to an integration of the sources and -in our opinion -to provide an acceptable explanation of the historical geography of that region. There can be made a cru... Mehr ...