Towns on the edge in medieval Europe : the social and political order of peripheral urban communities from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries / edited by Matthew Frank Stevens and Roman Czaja.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stevens, Matthew Frank, editor.

Czaja, Roman, 1960- editor.

Series:

Proceedings of the British Academy ; 244.

British Academy scholarship online.

Proceedings of the British Academy ; 244

British Academy scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Medieval--Ireland.

Cities and towns, Medieval.

Cities and towns, Medieval--Wales.

Cities and towns, Medieval--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia).

Cities and towns, Medieval--Prussia, West (Poland).

Cities and towns, Medieval--Livonia.

Civilization, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvii, 248 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

'Towns on the Edge in Medieval Europe' offers comparative research on the emergence and development of medieval chartered towns within northern European territories subjected to conquest and colonisation, namely Ireland, Wales, Prussia, and Livonia.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright information

Table of contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

A Note on Place Names

1 Introduction

Part I The Formation of the Community

2 The Place of Native Populations in the Chartered Towns of Conquered Regions: Wales and Prussia as a Comparative Case Study

3 'Irishtowns' and 'Welsh Streets': Ethnic Enclaves Within the Towns of Colonial Ireland and Wales in a Northern-European Colonial Context

4 Women in the Small-Town Economy of Medieval Wales and Prussia

Part II The Normalisation of Social Life and Social Disciplining

5 Urban Legislation as an Instrument for the Formation and Regulation of Socio-Economic Life in 14th-Century Prussian and Irish Towns

6 The Participation of Craftsmen in Municipal Governance in Late Medieval Marienburg and Stockholm

7 Shaping the Public Space of Danzig and Dublin, 14th-16th Centuries: Tensions Between the Common Good and Private Use

Part III Peace Making and Peace Keeping

8 Military Affairs and Community in Prussian, Livonian and Irish Towns, 13th-16th Centuries

9 Quarters and Quartermasters in Franconian and Prussian Towns, 14th-16th Centuries: The Common People and Their Participation in Urban Governance

10 Maintaining a 'Special Relationship'? Petitions to the Crown from Irish and Welsh Towns, 13th-16th Centuries

11 Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 10, 2022).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-80596-075-X

1-80596-046-6

0-19-197671-7

OCLC:

1527934013