# Globalization Through the Centuries

Economic globalization is a new word for an old process, according to economic historian Herman Van der Wee, holder of the Chair of the Countries and Cultures of the North in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Van der Wee explained this concept in a lecture titled "Economic Globalization in the Mirror of History." In his lecture, Van der Wee presented a historical perspective, starting with Europe's first dynamic move toward economic globalization from the 11th to the 14th centuries, followed - during the Late Middle Ages - by a long period of stagnation and de-globalization. According to Van der Wee, Europe moved toward economic globalization from the middle of the 15th century onward, followed once again by a period of de-globalization between 1650 and 1750.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- By: John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687922/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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