The Early Modern City 1450-1750

ISBN-13: 9780582013209 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 392 str.

Christopher R. Friedrichs; C. R. Friedrichs

Opis

A study of cities and towns in early modern Europe. Europe is defined in this study as the region encompassed, at the start of early modern times, by the Church of Rome. This includes all of western and central Europe and some of eastern Europe, but it excludes Russia and the Ottoman Empire.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION: A WAY OF LIVING.
PART 1 THE CITY IN CONTEXT
Boundaries and Buildings; City and State; City and Church; Production and Exchange; Life and Death.

PART 2 THE CITY AS A SOCIAL ARENA
Work and Status; Family and Household; Power and Pride; Poverty and Marginality.

PART 3 THE CITY IN CALM AND CRISIS
Urban Routine; Urban Crisis; Urban Conflict. CONCLUSION A WAY OF LOOKING.

O autorze

Christopher R. Friedrichs