City and Society in the Low Countries, 1100-1600

ISBN-13: 9781108474689 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 316 str.

Bruno Blonde; Marc Boone; Anne-Laure Van Bruane

Opis

A comprehensive dissection of the making of urban society in the Low Countries during the middle ages and the sixteenth century.

Recenzje

'… this book's impressive synthesis and interpretation of the region's medieval cities makes its publication in English of high value to all students of the premodern period.' Peter Arnade, Renaissance Quarterly

Spis treści

List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. City and society in the Low Countries. Urbanisation and urban historiography Bruno Blondé, Marc Boone and Anne-Laure Van Bruaene; 2. Economic vitality: urbanisation, regional complementarity and European interaction Wim Blockmans, Bert De Munck and Peter Stabel; 3. Living together in the city: social relationships between norm and practice Bruno Blondé, Frederik Buylaert, Jan Dumolyn, Jord Hanus and Peter Stabel; 4. 'The common good': governance, discipline and political culture Marc Boone and Jelle Haemers; 5. Civic religion: community, identity and religious transformation Guido Marnef and Anne-Laure Van Bruaene; 6. Urban space: infrastructure, technology and power Claire Billen and Chloé Deligne; 7. At home in the city: the dynamics of material culture Inneke Baatsen, Bruno Blondé, Julie De Groot and Isis Sturtewagen; 8. Education and knowledge: theory and practice in an urban context Bert De Munck and Hilde De Ridder-Symoens; 9. Epilogue. The legacy of the medieval city in the Low Countries Bruno Blondé, Marc Boone and Anne-Laure van Bruaene; Select bibliography by chapter; Index.