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Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800), vol. 61
The Rise of Cities Revisited
Reflections on Adriaan Verhulst's Vision of Urban Genesis and Developments in the Medieval Low Countries
Bram Vannieuwenhuyze, Reinout Rutte (eds)
- Pages: 275 p.
- Size:178 x 254 mm
- Illustrations:34 b/w, 16 col., 5 tables b/w.
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2024
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-60056-7
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The Rise of Cities Revisited takes a fresh look at the topic, critically assesses the scientific progress and outlines future directions for research.
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Bram Vannieuwenhuyze is Professor by special appointment of Historical Cartography at the University of Amsterdam.
Reinout Rutte is Assistant Professor in the Chair History of Architecture and Urban Planning at Delft University of Technology.
Summary
Adriaan Verhulst's The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe (1999) is the last comprehensive work written by a single author on the urban genesis and spatial developments of cities in the medieval Low Countries. Since then, monographs, specialised studies and articles have been published on various cities and towns, while urban archaeologists have carried out numerous excavations. Much new knowledge has been gained, yet many gaps and the need for comparative overviews remain.
Twenty-five years after Verhulst’s synthesis, The Rise of Cities Revisited takes a fresh look at the origins and developments of cities and towns in the Low Countries between the tenth and the sixteenth centuries, critically assesses progress made in scholarship and outlines future directions for research. The chapters of the book are written by senior and junior specialists from various fields, including medieval history, historical geography, economic history, archaeology and building history. The Rise of Cities Revisited presents a state of the art and provides scholars with tools to study this complex subject in future.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
Bram Vannieuwenhuyze
2. Adriaan Verhulst. Urban Historian and his ‘The Rise of Cities’ Contextualized
Marc Boone
3. Markets and Ports. Models for the Origin and Growth of Medieval Towns in Northwest Europe
Marcel IJsselstijn
4. Orality, Written Record and Political Contract in the Earliest Borough Charters for Flemish Local Communities (Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries)
Els De Paermentier and Jan Dumolyn
5. The Rise of Markets and Centres of Industry. Revisiting Adriaan Verhulst’s Views on the Economic Development of Cities and Towns in the Southern Low Countries
Bart Lambert and Adam Hall
6. Mapping Three Towns in Four Reference Years. The Dynamics of Late Medieval Urban Development Seen from an Archaeological Perspective
Arnold Carmiggelt, Ranjith Jayasena, Ronald van Genabeek & Roos van Oosten
7. Urban Space and Urban Community. Some Remarks on Social Topography and the Sociospatial Structuring of Medieval Towns in the Low Countries
Ward Leloup and Mathijs Speecke
8. The Material ‘Rise of Cities’. Stone and Brick Houses in the Low Countries before c. 1350: a First Step towards a Building-Archaeological Overview
Gabri van Tussenbroek
9. Reflections and Mediations. A View from the Edge
Keith D. Lilley
10. Appendix. Bibliography on the Origins, Genesis and Spatial Developments of Individual Cities and Towns in the Medieval Low Countries
Reinout Rutte, Bram Vannieuwenhuyze and Marcel IJsselstijn
