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Urban elections and decision-making in early modern Europe, 1500-1800. / edited by Rudolf Schlögl.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City dwellers--Political activity--Europe--History.
- City dwellers.
- Urban policy--Europe--History.
- Urban policy.
- Political participation--Europe--History.
- Political participation.
- Municipal government--Europe--History.
- Municipal government.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
- Summary:
- Everyday political business in early modern cities took place under many different sources of tension. De facto establishment of the oligarchy in the government collided with the urban community's expectations of participation and with the responsibility for common welfare which was supposed to be the guideline for policies in the municipal boards. Urban Elections and Decision-Making in Early Modern Europe offers new interpretations of the governmental techniques applied by urban elites to cope with these tensions.Written by leading historians of urban history and based on a broad foundation of previously unpublished research the volume explores the procedures of decision-making in early modern cities from an international and micrological point of view. It examines the attempts of delegating and stabilising power through elections, asks for the different ways of developing and demonstrating consent or dissent within the cities' walls--urban revolts included--and offers a new theoretical framework to describe and understand these phenomena adequately.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Introduction
- Power and Politics in the Early Modern European City
- Part I: Statutes, Customs, Rituals
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Part II: Talking, Writing, Interacting
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Outlook
- Urban Elections and Decision-Making in Early Modern Europe and Asia
- Contributors
- Index of Names.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5275-5653-0
- OCLC:
- 1441735963
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