The Development of the Irish Town

ISBN-13: 9780367771294 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 146 str.

R. A. Butlin

Opis

Originally published in 1977, and now with an updated new Preface, this volume covers the question of Irish urban origins in the pre-Norman period, the character and development of the medieval towns, the changing forms and functions of towns and cities in the early modern period.

Spis treści

1. Urban and Proto-Urban Settlements in Pre-Norman Ireland 2. The Towns of Medieval Ireland 3. Irish Towns in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 4. Irish Towns in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.

O autorze

R. A. Butlin is Emeritus Professor of Geography and visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds.