Early Modern Streets: A European Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138599840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 272 str.

DANI VAN DEN HEUVEL

Opis

For the first time, Early Modern Streets unites the diverse strands of scholarship on urban streets between circa 1450 and 1800 and tackles key questions on how early modern urban society was shaped and how this changed over time.

Spis treści

Part 1: Contours and Foundations  1. Framing the street  2. Sources and methods for studying historical streets  3. Representing the street in words and images  4. Sensing the street  Part 2: Street Use  5. Street politics  6. Street economies  7. Religion in the streets  8. Street crimes

O autorze

Danielle van den Heuvel is Associate Professor in early modern history at the University of Amsterdam and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History. Her research focuses on cities and encompasses aspects of gender, food and digital history.