Medieval urban planning : the monastery and beyond / edited by Mickey Abel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abel, Mickey, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--History--To 1500.

City planning.

Cities and towns, Medieval.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 248 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Broadly defined, urban planning today is a process one might describe as half design and half social engineering. It considers not only the aesthetic and visual product, but also the economic, political, and social implications, as well as the environmental impact. This collection of essays explores the question of whether this sort of multifaceted planning took place in the Middle Ages, and how it manifested itself outside of the monastic realm. Bringing together the monastic historian and archaeologist, with scholars of art and architecture, this volume expands our comprehension of how those in roles of authority saw the planning process and implemented their plans to structure a particular outcome. The examination of architectural complexes, literary sources, commercial legers, and political records highlights the multiple avenues for viewing the growing awareness of the social potential of an urban environment. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Water as the Philosophical and Organizational Basis for an "Urban" Community Plan: The Case of Maillezais Abbey / Mickey Abel Abel, Mickey 8

Chapter 2 Decoding the Planning Rules of the Monastic Urban and Rural Forms around Samos Abbey / Estefanía López Salas Salas, Estefanía López 46

Chapter 3 Riparian Geography and Hegemonic Power in the Severn Valley: Glastonbury Abbey's Canals and Rivers as Definitions of Urban Space / Sarah Rose Shivers Shivers, Sarah Rose 75

Chapter 4 "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home": The Contributions of Peripatetic Ymagiers to the Emergence of Urbs / Janet Snyder Snyder, Janet 100

Chapter 5 Founders' Concepts of Space in the First Bastides / Catherine Barrett Barrett, Catherine 121

Chapter 6 How Urban was Urban for the Mendicants in Medieval Tuscany? / Erik Gustafson Gustafson, Erik 148

Chapter 7 A Fourteenth-Century View on Urbanism: Francesch Eiximenis and Urban Planning in the Crown of Aragon / Shelley E. Roff Roff, Shelley E. 174

Chapter 8 Incremental Urbanism in Medieval Italy: The Example of Todi / Samuel D. Gruber Gruber, Samuel D. 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781443843171

1443843172

OCLC:

965493290

Publisher Number:

99971604914