| Description |
xxii, 552 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| ISBN |
9780754663546 hardback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-525) and index. |
| Contents |
Ferdinand Opll : an appreciation -- Part I. The challenge of comparative urban studies -- The European historic towns atlas project : origin and potential / Anngret Simms -- Methodological approaches to the comparative study of historic towns / Dietrich Denecke -- Part II. Case-studies from a national perspective in the core area of medieval Europe -- The topography of power in the cities of medieval Italy / Francesca Bocchi -- The Atlas historique de Bordeaux : a newcomer to the series Atlas historique des villes de France / Sandrine Lavaud -- Reinventing the German towns atlas? Trends in the development of a national historic towns atlas project / Daniel Stracke and Thomas Tippach -- Seigneurial power and the development of towns in the Holy Roman Empire / Peter Johanek -- The king and "his" town of Litomerice/Leitmeritz in medieval Bohemia / Josef Zemlicka -- Seigneurial power and planning : aspects of the origins of towns in Austria with particular reference to Vienna and Wiener Neustadt / Ferdinand Opll -- Town planning in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries : symbolic meaning and pragmatic process / Martina Stercken -- Lordship, economy and society in English medieval marketplaces / Terry Slater -- Part III. Case-studies from a national perspective on the periphery of medieval Europe -- Polish town plans as expressions of political and economic power / Roman Czaja -- Royal power and urban space in medieval Hungary / Katalin Szende and Andras Vegh -- Medieval town plans in Romania / Paul Niedermaier -- The medieval planned town in Croatia / Mirela Slukan Altic -- Planning and regulation in the formation of new towns and new quarters in Ireland, 1170-1641 / Howard B. Clarke -- Town plans as expressions of political and economic power and ecclesiastical organization in Scandinavia / Marjatta Hietala -- Part IV. Symbolic meanings of town plans -- Medieval urban form in the Low Countries : state of research, comparative perspective and symbolic meaning / Bram Vannieuwenhuyze and Reinout Rutte -- Maps of medieval thought? Cartographic imaginaries, cultural symbolism and urban forms of the later Middle Ages / Keith Lilley -- Early medieval Winchester: symbolic landscapes / Derek Keene -- Part V. Approaches to the interpretation of large-scale town plans -- Town foundation and urban development from the perspective of the medieval archaeologist / Matthias Untermann -- The primary formation of medieval town plans in Central Europe from the perspective of an art historian / Jürgen Paul -- Adapting a medieval urban landscape in nineteenth-century Ireland : the example of Trim, County Meath / Mark Hennessy -- Appendix A: List of towns published to date in the European historic towns atlas project -- Appendix B: Select bibliography of publications in English relating to the European historic towns atlas project in general, or providing background for an understanding of medieval urban form, or contributing to the debate on the comparative method -- Appendix C: Select bibliography of publications in German, old and new, that contribute to a better understanding of urban form in the Middle Ages, or treat directly of aspects concerning the European historic towns atlas project. |
| Library Class |
Sociology M85
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| Subject |
Cities and towns, Medieval -- Europe.
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Nobility -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Power (Social sciences) -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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City planning -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Urbanization -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Cities and towns, Medieval -- Europe -- Historiography.
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Atlases -- History -- To 1500.
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Europe -- Historical geography.
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| Other Author |
Simms, Anngret, editor.
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Clarke, Howard B., editor.
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