Dr Andrea Caracausi

Andrea Caracausi (andrea.caracausi[AT]unipd.it) is Associate Professor at the University of Padua. He specializes in the early modern social and economic history of Italy and Mediterranean World, with a focus on guilds, women's work, child labour, merchant networks and legal proceedings. Recent publications include "Information asymmetries and craft guilds in pre-modern markets: evidence from Italian proto-industry". in "The Economic History Review" (2017), 70: 397–422; "A reassessment of the role of guild courts in disputes over apprenticeship contracts: A case study from early modern Italy". Continuity and Change (2017) 32(1), 85-114; "Beaten Children and Women's Work in Early Modern Italy". Past and Present (2014), 222 (1): 95-128.

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