Urban Europe, 1100-1700

Urban Europe, 1100-1700
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Publisher : Red Globe Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9780333949832
ISBN-13 : 0333949838
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Book Synopsis Urban Europe, 1100-1700 by : David Nicholas

Download or read book Urban Europe, 1100-1700 written by David Nicholas and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2003-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting the vigour of both urban and medieval history, this timely textbook by a leading scholar of urban studies is a broadly interdisciplinary work that breaks new ground by emphasising the links between the late medieval and early modern cities. Urban Europe, 1100-1700: - examines the common social, governmental, economic and intellectual roles played by most pre-modern cities - views cities as originating in local market relations, then expanding with the growing complexity of their functions into regional centres of culture, government and exchange - adopts an organic, evolutionary and environmental approach, particularly in its application of geographical systems to early urbanisation - makes extensive use of maps and original source material to illustrate aspects of the urban experience David Nicholas' study will appeal to students and scholars of history, geography and urban studies. Sociologists and political economists will also value its demonstration of the continuing relevance of the thought of Max Weber, while urban planners will find its analysis of the rationality of pre-modern cities highly useful.

Urban Societies in East-Central Europe, 1500–1700

Urban Societies in East-Central Europe, 1500–1700
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 317
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ISBN-10 : 9781317003403
ISBN-13 : 1317003403
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Book Synopsis Urban Societies in East-Central Europe, 1500–1700 by : Jaroslav Miller

Download or read book Urban Societies in East-Central Europe, 1500–1700 written by Jaroslav Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst much has been written about early modern urban history, the majority of this work has focussed on Western Europe with relatively little available in English on towns and cities in the former communist East. However, in recent years urban scholars have increasingly looked to a much more inclusive picture of Europe that compares and contrasts development across the whole continent. Dealing primarily with Bohemia, Hungary and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, this book provides an insight into a number of key issues concerning the economic, social and demographic trends in early modern East-Central European urban history. Taking a supra-national perspective, across a long time span, it examines the effects of migration, Reformation, state building and economic change on the transformation of medieval urban communities into early modern societies. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, particularly the registers of new citizens kept by many towns and cities, a fascinating picture of urban development and social structure is reconstructed that not only tells us much about East-Central Europe, but adds to our knowledge of the whole continent.

Rome and the Colonial City

Rome and the Colonial City
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Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9781789257823
ISBN-13 : 1789257824
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Book Synopsis Rome and the Colonial City by : Sofia Greaves

Download or read book Rome and the Colonial City written by Sofia Greaves and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to one narrative, that received almost canonical status a century ago with Francis Haverfield, the orthogonal grid was the most important development of ancient town planning, embodying values of civilization in contrast to barbarism, diffused in particular by hundreds of Roman colonial foundations, and its main legacy to subsequent urban development was the model of the grid city, spread across the New World in new colonial cities. This book explores the shortcomings of that all too colonialist narrative and offers new perspectives. It explores the ideals articulated both by ancient city founders and their modern successors; it looks at new evidence for Roman colonial foundations to reassess their aims; and it looks at the many ways post-Roman urbanism looked back to the Roman model with a constant re-appropriation of the idea of the Roman.

Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe

Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 669
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ISBN-10 : 9789004156333
ISBN-13 : 900415633X
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Book Synopsis Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe by : Lawrin Armstrong

Download or read book Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe written by Lawrin Armstrong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume explores late medieval market mechanisms and associated institutional, fiscal and monetary, organizational, decision-making, legal and ethical issues, as well as selected aspects of production, consumption and market integration. The essays span a variety of local, regional, and long-distance markets and networks.

The Logic of Political Conflict in Medieval Cities

The Logic of Political Conflict in Medieval Cities
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Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780198734635
ISBN-13 : 0198734638
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Book Synopsis The Logic of Political Conflict in Medieval Cities by : Patrick Lantschner

Download or read book The Logic of Political Conflict in Medieval Cities written by Patrick Lantschner and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the logic of urban political conflict in late medieval Europe's most heavily urbanized regions, Italy and the Southern Low Countries. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries are often associated with the increasing consolidation of states, but at the same time they also saw high levels of political conflict and revolt in cities that themselves were a lasting heritage of this period. In often radically different ways, conflict constituted a crucial part of political life in the six cities studied for this book: Bologna, Florence, and Verona, as well as Liege, Lille, and Tournai. The Logic of Political Conflict in Medieval Cities argues that such conflicts, rather than subverting ordinary political life, were essential features of the political systems that developed in cities. Conflicts were embedded in a polycentric political order characterized by multiple political units and bases of organization, ranging from guilds to external agencies. In this multi-faceted and shifting context, late medieval city dwellers developed particular strategies of legitimating conflict, diverse modes of behaviour, and various forms of association through which conflict could be addressed. At the same time, different configurations of these political units gave rise to distinct systems of conflict which varied from city to city. Across all these cities, conflict gave rise to a distinct form of political organization-and represents the nodal point around which this political and social history of cities is written.

Chaucer and the City

Chaucer and the City
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Publisher : DS Brewer
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 1843840731
ISBN-13 : 9781843840732
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Book Synopsis Chaucer and the City by : Ardis Butterfield

Download or read book Chaucer and the City written by Ardis Butterfield and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2006 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting essays exploring Chaucer's identity as a London poet, and the urban context for his writings, this volume addresses the centrality of the city in Chaucer's work, and the importance of Chaucer to a literature and a language of the city.

Handbook of Medieval Studies

Handbook of Medieval Studies
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 2822
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ISBN-10 : 9783110215588
ISBN-13 : 3110215586
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Book Synopsis Handbook of Medieval Studies by : Albrecht Classen

Download or read book Handbook of Medieval Studies written by Albrecht Classen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 2822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary handbook provides extensive information about research in medieval studies and its most important results over the last decades. The handbook is a reference work which enables the readers to quickly and purposely gain insight into the important research discussions and to inform themselves about the current status of research in the field. The handbook consists of four parts. The first, large section offers articles on all of the main disciplines and discussions of the field. The second section presents articles on the key concepts of modern medieval studies and the debates therein. The third section is a lexicon of the most important text genres of the Middle Ages. The fourth section provides an international bio-bibliographical lexicon of the most prominent medievalists in all disciplines. A comprehensive bibliography rounds off the compendium. The result is a reference work which exhaustively documents the current status of research in medieval studies and brings the disciplines and experts of the field together.