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Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age (Hardcover)
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Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age (Hardcover)
Series: Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture
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Although the city as a central entity did not simply disappear with
the Fall of the Roman Empire, the development of urban space at
least since the twelfth century played a major role in the history
of medieval and early modern mentality within a social-economic and
religious framework. Whereas some poets projected urban space as a
new utopia, others simply reflected the new significance of the
urban environment as a stage where their characters operate very
successfully. As today, the premodern city was the locus where
different social groups and classes got together, sometimes
peacefully, sometimes in hostile terms. The historical development
of the relationship between Christians and Jews, for instance, was
deeply determined by the living conditions within a city. By the
late Middle Ages, nobility and bourgeoisie began to intermingle
within the urban space, which set the stage for dramatic and
far-reaching changes in the social and economic make-up of society.
Legal-historical aspects also find as much consideration as
practical questions concerning water supply and sewer systems.
Moreover, the early modern city within the Ottoman and Middle
Eastern world likewise finds consideration. Finally, as some
contributors observe, the urban space provided considerable
opportunities for women to carve out a niche for themselves in
economic terms.
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