Roos Van Oosten
Biographic Data
| ID | 1236489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roos Van Oosten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roos |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Oosten |
| SIGNATURE | VAN OOSTEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4323-5120 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Epidemic Mortality and Redistribution of Housing Wealth in Leiden, 1632–68
How did epidemic mortality affect housing wealth in the pre-industrial period? Using new data on house ownership and variation in street-level mortality in seventeenth-century Leiden, we show that although epidemic mortality targeted poor streets where residents were typically tenants and not owners, these outbreaks still increased the turnover of houses. Ordinarily, turnover was higher in owner-occupied housing sectors, while epidemics created m…
Housing inequality and social segregation in Leiden, 1561–1606
The Dutch city of Leiden experienced economic and demographic growth from the last quarter of the sixteenth century onwards. This article analyses its effects on the urban private housing market by charting both the ratio of owners to tenants and the spatial patterns of housing wealth. Housing inequality increased in Leiden, reinforcing existing economic disparities and patterns of residential segregation. These dynamics were mainly caused by mig…
Intestinal parasite infection and sanitation in medieval Leiden, the Low Countries
In the absence of written records, disease and parasite loads are often used as indicators of sanitation in past populations. Here, the authors adopt the novel approach of integrating the bioarchaeological analysis of cesspits in an area of medieval Leiden (the Netherlands) with historical property records to explore living conditions. Using light microscopy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) they identify evidence of parasites associ…
The Management of Drinking Water in Trondheim from 950 to 1777 as a Source of Changing Attitudes toward Health
This article aims to illuminate how the management of drinking water and public health in Trondheim, Norway changed from 950 to 1777, from a private to public responsibility. A systematic analysis of five excavations in Trondheim shows that during the Middle Ages, only a few citizens had a well or a cistern on their property. This suggests that fetching water from above-ground sources was a regular practice. In the post-medieval period, this chan…
Gender and the Geography of Crime in Nineteenth-Century Leiden and Amsterdam
This article builds on recent calls in urban and gender history for a better understanding of the interaction between gender and the urban environment. Its focus is on male and female offending behaviours and their relation to the urban space, specifically the spaces shared by women and men: the home, the street outside of their house, and the main thoroughfares. The article aims to shed light on common practices and understandings between men an…
To Be Led Astray: The Effects of the 1881 Liquor Act on the Leiden Alcohol Trade
The Dutch Drankwet (hereinafter: Liquor Act) of 1881, the result of decades of temperance activism, was met with much criticism — little had come of the national legislation’s aim to reduce the consumption of alcohol. Even so, did this also mean that little changed in the sale of alcohol? This article examines how the Liquor Act was implemented locally in Leiden and what impact this had on the sale of alcohol there. To this end, both city council…
Wanbedrijven en overtredingen te Amsterdam en Leiden Een introductie op twee datasets, 1850 - 1905
De Nederlandse rechtbankarchieven uit de negentiende eeuw herbergen een schat aan informatie over allerhande strafbare gedragingen en de personen die deze pleegden. Echter, in vergelijking met andere tijdvakken heeft de negentiende-eeuwse criminaliteit in Nederland op betrekkelijk weinig aandacht van historici mogen rekenen en met name de archieven van de lagere rechtbanken, die van arrondissementen en de kantons, zijn weinig onderzocht. De const…
Cesspits and the P-P-P-P-problem: The pitfall of the Pompeii premise and the palimpsest
The Dutch Great Stink: The End of the Cesspit Era in the Pre-Industrial Towns of Leiden and Haarlem
In the nineteenth century, the continuous discharge of sewage from millions of Londoners into the River Thames caused a notorious, unbearable stench during the summer, which reached a climax in 1858 and became known as The Great Stink. In this article it is argued that such a ‘Great Stink’ also occurred in the booming and heavily populated pre-industrial town of Leiden, because cesspits were being replaced by sewers draining directly into canals.…
The Dutch Great Stink: The End of the Cesspit Era in the Pre-Industrial Towns of Leiden and Haarlem
In the nineteenth century, the continuous discharge of sewage from millions of Londoners into the River Thames caused a notorious, unbearable stench during the summer, which reached a climax in 1858 and became known as The Great Stink. In this article it is argued that such a ‘Great Stink’ also occurred in the booming and heavily populated pre-industrial town of Leiden, because cesspits were being replaced by sewers draining directly into canals.…
The Dutch Great Stink: The End of the Cesspit Era in the Pre-Industrial Towns of Leiden and Haarlem
In the nineteenth century, the continuous discharge of sewage from millions of Londoners into the River Thames caused a notorious, unbearable stench during the summer, which reached a climax in 1858 and became known as The Great Stink. In this article it is argued that such a ‘Great Stink’ also occurred in the booming and heavily populated pre-industrial town of Leiden, because cesspits were being replaced by sewers draining directly into canals.…
Cesspits and the P-P-P-P-problem: The pitfall of the Pompeii premise and the palimpsest
Wanbedrijven en overtredingen te Amsterdam en Leiden Een introductie op twee datasets, 1850 - 1905
De Nederlandse rechtbankarchieven uit de negentiende eeuw herbergen een schat aan informatie over allerhande strafbare gedragingen en de personen die deze pleegden. Echter, in vergelijking met andere tijdvakken heeft de negentiende-eeuwse criminaliteit in Nederland op betrekkelijk weinig aandacht van historici mogen rekenen en met name de archieven van de lagere rechtbanken, die van arrondissementen en de kantons, zijn weinig onderzocht. De const…
Gender and the Geography of Crime in Nineteenth-Century Leiden and Amsterdam
This article builds on recent calls in urban and gender history for a better understanding of the interaction between gender and the urban environment. Its focus is on male and female offending behaviours and their relation to the urban space, specifically the spaces shared by women and men: the home, the street outside of their house, and the main thoroughfares. The article aims to shed light on common practices and understandings between men an…
To Be Led Astray: The Effects of the 1881 Liquor Act on the Leiden Alcohol Trade
The Dutch Drankwet (hereinafter: Liquor Act) of 1881, the result of decades of temperance activism, was met with much criticism — little had come of the national legislation’s aim to reduce the consumption of alcohol. Even so, did this also mean that little changed in the sale of alcohol? This article examines how the Liquor Act was implemented locally in Leiden and what impact this had on the sale of alcohol there. To this end, both city council…
The Management of Drinking Water in Trondheim from 950 to 1777 as a Source of Changing Attitudes toward Health
This article aims to illuminate how the management of drinking water and public health in Trondheim, Norway changed from 950 to 1777, from a private to public responsibility. A systematic analysis of five excavations in Trondheim shows that during the Middle Ages, only a few citizens had a well or a cistern on their property. This suggests that fetching water from above-ground sources was a regular practice. In the post-medieval period, this chan…
Intestinal parasite infection and sanitation in medieval Leiden, the Low Countries
In the absence of written records, disease and parasite loads are often used as indicators of sanitation in past populations. Here, the authors adopt the novel approach of integrating the bioarchaeological analysis of cesspits in an area of medieval Leiden (the Netherlands) with historical property records to explore living conditions. Using light microscopy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) they identify evidence of parasites associ…
Epidemic Mortality and Redistribution of Housing Wealth in Leiden, 1632–68
How did epidemic mortality affect housing wealth in the pre-industrial period? Using new data on house ownership and variation in street-level mortality in seventeenth-century Leiden, we show that although epidemic mortality targeted poor streets where residents were typically tenants and not owners, these outbreaks still increased the turnover of houses. Ordinarily, turnover was higher in owner-occupied housing sectors, while epidemics created m…
Housing inequality and social segregation in Leiden, 1561–1606
The Dutch city of Leiden experienced economic and demographic growth from the last quarter of the sixteenth century onwards. This article analyses its effects on the urban private housing market by charting both the ratio of owners to tenants and the spatial patterns of housing wealth. Housing inequality increased in Leiden, reinforcing existing economic disparities and patterns of residential segregation. These dynamics were mainly caused by mig…
Geography (4 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental Engineering (2 works) · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century (2 works)