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Serving the Urban Community : the Rise of Public Facilities in the Low Countries.

Early modern towns in the Low Countries were famous for their effective urban institutions and social and economic facilities. Citizens made use of public roads and buildings, they settled their conflicts at judicial courts, and they appealed for assistance in times of need. Such early modern facili...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van der Heijden, Manon
Otros Autores: Van Nederveen Meerkerk, Elise, Vermeesch, Griet, Van der Burg, Martijn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Serving the urban community; Contents; Introduction The rise of public facilities in the Low Countries, 1400-1800; Conflict and consensus The allocation of public services in the Low Countries 1500-1800; The emergence of an administrative apparatus in the Dutch towns of Haarlem and Leiden during the late medieval and early modern periods, circa 1430-1570; Towards an economic interpretation of justice? Conflict settlement, social control and civil society in urban Brabant and Mechelen during the late Middle Ages and the early modern period.