Lords and towns in medieval Europe : the European historic towns atlas project /

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Imprint:	Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]
Description:	xxii, 552 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Cities and towns, Medieval -- Europe. Nobility -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. Power (Social sciences) -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. City planning -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. Urbanization -- Europe -- History -- To 1500. Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500. Cities and towns, Medieval -- Europe -- Historiography. Atlases -- History -- To 1500. Atlases. Cities and towns, Medieval. Cities and towns, Medieval -- Historiography. City planning. Historical geography. Nobility. Power (Social sciences) Social history -- Medieval. Urbanization. Europe -- Historical geography. Europe. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10386262

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Other authors / contributors:	Simms, Anngret, editor. Clarke, Howard B., editor.
ISBN:	9780754663546 (hardback : alkaline paper) 075466354X (hardback : alkaline paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This volume is based on possibly the biggest single Europe-wide project in urban history. In 1955 the International Commission for the History of Towns established the European historic towns atlas project in accordance with a common scheme in order to encourage comparative urban studies. Although advances in urban archaeology since the 1960s have highlighted the problematic relationship between the oldest extant town plan and the actual origins of a town, the large-scale cadastral maps as they have been made available by the European historic towns atlas project are still necessary if we want to understand the evolution of the physical form of our towns. By 2014 the project consisted of over 500 individual publications from over 18 different countries across Europe. Each atlas comprises at least a core-map at the scale of 1:2500, analytical maps and an explanatory text. The time has come to use this enormous database that has been compiled over the last 40 years. This volume, itself based on a conference related to this topic that was held in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin in 2006, takes up this challenge. The focus of the volume is on the question of how seigneurial power influenced the creation of towns in medieval Europe and of how this process in turn influenced urban form. Part I of the volume addresses two major issues: the history of the use of town plans in urban research and the methodological challenges of comparative urban history. Parts II and III constitute the core of the book focusing on the dynamic relationship between lordship and town planning in the core area of medieval Europe and on the periphery. In Part IV the symbolic meaning of town plans for medieval people is discussed. Part V consists of critical contributions by an archaeologist, an art historian and an historical geographer. By presenting case studies by leading researchers from different European countries, this volume combines findings that were hitherto not available in English. A comparison of the English and German bibliographies, attached to this volume, reveals some interesting insights as to how the focus of research shifted over time. The book also shows how work on urban topography integrates the approaches of the historian, archaeologist and historical geographer. The narrative of medieval urbanization becomes enriched and the volume is a genuine contribution to European studies"--From publisher's website.

Table of 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.

Lords and towns in medieval Europe : the European historic towns atlas project /

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