Medieval urban identity : health, economy and regulation / edited by Flocel Sabaté.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sabaté, Flocel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City dwellers.

Urban health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The increasing prominence of urban life during the Middle Ages is undoubtedly one of the more transcendental and multi-faceted aspects of this era, having an effect on rules and laws, hygiene, and economic organisation. This book brings together contributions from a wide range of scholars who adopt a new approach to medieval urban life, using health, the economy, and regulations and laws as frames of reference for gaining a greater understanding of this historical period. Through these vectors, interesting insights are provided into medieval housing, cures for diseases, the work of artisans an

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Medieval Urban Identity

The smell of rotting corpses infected the air

Inventory of Arab Objects Documented in Catalan Medieval Houses

Ecclesiastical Freedom to Crenellate

Tuscan Merchants in Catalonia and Catalan Merchants in Tuscany

Surgeons in Late Medieval Sicily

Defining "Apothecary" in the Medieval Crown of Aragon

Barbers in the Process of Medicalisation in the Crown of Aragon during the Late Middle Ages

A Legal Background of Lleida

A Frontier Cartulary

Urban Political Identity in the Late Middle Ages

The Control of the Council Offices in the Late Middle Ages

Between the Council and the King.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8152-X

OCLC:

922704072