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Urban elite culture : a methodological study of aristocracy and civic elites in sea-trading towns of the Southwestern Baltic (12th-14th c.) / Luisa Radohs.
Van Pelt Library DK502.72 .R346 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Radohs, Luisa, author.
- Series:
- Quellen und Darstellungen zur hansischen Geschichte ; n.F., Bd. 78.
- Quellen und Darstellungen zur hansischen Geschichte ; Neue Folge, Band 78
- Language:
- Danish
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Elite (Social sciences)--Baltic Sea Region.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Cities and towns, Medieval--Baltic Sea Region.
- Cities and towns, Medieval.
- Baltic Sea Region--History.
- Baltic Sea Region.
- Baltic States--History.
- Baltic States.
- Europe--Baltic Sea Region.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 691 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, maps ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Methodological study of aristocracy and civic elites in sea-trading towns of the Southwestern Baltic (12th-14th c.)
- Place of Publication:
- Köln : Böhlau, [2023]
- Language Note:
- Text in English; summaries in English, Danish and German.
- Summary:
- Medieval towns were vibrant and complex social environments where diverse groups and lifestyles encountered and influenced each other. Surprisingly, in the study of urban archaeology, the aristocracy, one of the leading and most influential groups in medieval society, has so far been neglected. This book puts "aristocracy in towns" on the archaeological research agenda. The interdisciplinary and comparative study explores the significance and representation of aristocrats and their interaction with civic elites in sea-trading towns of the southwestern Baltic from the 12th to the 14th centuries. Essentially, however, the analysis of urban elite culture leads to discussion of a much more fundamental issue: the informative value of material culture for the investigation of social conditions. The book provides new archaeological approaches to the study of social differentiation in towns, and contributes to a deeper understanding of the complexity of urban social structures.
- Notes:
- Thesis (doctoral)--Aarhus Universitet, 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-447).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783412528607
- 3412528609
- OCLC:
- 1406602734
- Publisher Number:
- 9783412528607
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