Book contents
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgements
- Editors’ Introduction to the Series
- Additional material
- 1 Introduction: Urban Europe from the Middle Ages to 1850
- 2 Cities and Complex Settlements in Early Medieval Europe, c. 500–1150
- Part I Regions
- Part II Themes
- Index
- References
30 - Urban Revolt, Citizenship and Town Politics
from Urban Societies between Order and Disorder
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2026
Book contents
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgements
- Editors’ Introduction to the Series
- Additional material
- 1 Introduction: Urban Europe from the Middle Ages to 1850
- 2 Cities and Complex Settlements in Early Medieval Europe, c. 500–1150
- Part I Regions
- Part II Themes
- Index
- References
Summary
Volume II charts European urbanism between 700 and 1850, the millennium during which Europe became the world’s most urbanised region. Featuring thirty-six chapters from leading scholars working on all the major linguistic areas of Europe, the volume offers a state-of-the-art survey that explores and explains this transformation, how similar or different such processes were across Europe, and how far it is possible to discern traits that characterise European urbanism in this period. The first half of the volume offers overviews on the urban history of Mediterranean Europe, Atlantic and North Sea Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, and European urbanisms around the world. The second half explores major themes, from the conceptualisation of cities and their material fabric to continuities and changes in the social, political, economic, religious and cultural histories of cities and towns.
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- The Cambridge Urban History of Europe , pp. 684 - 705Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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