The rise of cities in north-west Europe /

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Examines fifteen towns, mainly situated on the rivers Meuse and Scheldt and along the North Sea coast of present-day Belgium, Holland and France. The author provides details of the impact of political, military, ecclesiastical, economic and social factors on the development of these towns.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Verhulst, Adriaan E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Paris : Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1999.
Series:Themes in international urban history.
Subjects:
To 1500
Cities and towns > Europe, Northern > History > To 1500.
Urbanization > Europe, Northern > History > To 1500.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns
Urbanization
Steden.
Urbanisation > Europe du Nord > Jusqu'à 1500.
Villes > Europe du Nord > Jusqu'à 1500.
Villes > Europe du Nord-Ouest > Jusqu'à 1500.
Northern Europe
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The transformation of the Roman towns
  • The nadir of urban life (sixth-seventh centuries)
  • New urban beginnings and the Viking raids (eighth-nineth centuries)
  • The urbanization of the high Middle Ages (tenth-eleventh centuries
  • Industrialization, commercial expansion and emancipation (eleven-twelfth centuries.

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