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The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe

Adriaan Verhulst author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:21st Oct '99

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A concise study of large time frame (fourth–twelfth centuries) charting the growth and development of cities in north-west Europe.

This book examines fifteen towns, mainly situated on the rivers Meuse and Scheldt and along the North Sea coast of present-day Belgium, Holland and France. The author provides details of the impact of political, military, ecclesiastical, economic and social factors on the development of these towns.For more than fifty years no synthesis has been written which systematically examines the growth and development of cities in north-west Europe. Adriaan Verhulst takes as his subject the history of urban settlements and towns in the region between the rivers Somme and Meuse from the late Roman period (fourth century) to the end of the twelfth century. This region comprises Flanders and Liège, two of the most urbanized areas, not only in the southern Netherlands but in northwestern Europe as a whole until the twelfth century. Fifteen towns are studied in all, and, supported by numerous maps, Professor Verhulst provides rich details of the impact of political, military, ecclesiastical, as well as social and economic, factors on the developing towns as they were transformed from regional markets to centres of industry and international commerce.

The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe summarizes recent work by historians and others; it evaluates archaeological and toponymic evidence." David Nicholas, History

ISBN: 9780521469098

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm

Weight: 315g

190 pages