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This series examines from an international perspective key themes in the historic development of cities and societies. The series is principally, although not exclusively, con- cerned with the European city, and the main emphasis is on the early modern and modern periods. The series considers urban systems, structures and processes. Individual volumes bring together and present in an accessible form the best work of a wide variety of scholars, from different disciplines and nations, currently engaged in research on urban history. The series is published by Cambridge University Press in association with Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and the Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester.

  • General Editors: Peter Clark, David Reeder

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2 results in Themes in International Urban History

The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe
  • Adriaan Verhulst
  • Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    21 October 1999
  • For more than fifty years no synthesis has been written which systematically examines the growth and development of cities in north-west Europe. Adriaan Verhulst takes as his subject the history of urban settlements and towns in the region between the rivers Somme and Meuse from the late Roman period (fourth century) to the end of the twelfth century. This region comprises Flanders and Liège, two of the most urbanized areas, not only in the southern Netherlands but in northwestern Europe as a whole until the twelfth century. Fifteen towns are studied in all, and, supported by numerous maps, Professor Verhulst provides rich details of the impact of political, military, ecclesiastical, as well as social and economic, factors on the developing towns as they were transformed from regional markets to centres of industry and international commerce.

Town and Country in Europe, 1300–1800
  • Edited by S. R. Epstein
  • Published online:
    09 November 2009
    Print publication:
    12 April 2001
  • Relations between town and country are central to Europe's long-term economic, political and social evolution. This 2001 book surveys and re-interprets these relations in particular countries and regions in the light of the most recent debates on state formation, urbanisation, proto-industrialisation, and the regional character of pre-modern economic growth. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, ranging chronologically from the Black Death to the Enlightenment, give a comprehensive coverage of Europe, from Spain to Sweden and England, and from the Polish Commonwealth to Holland and Italy. Each chapter offers a self-contained analysis of its country or region and provides a basis for systematic comparison. The Introduction (by S. R. Epstein) discusses the historiographical and theoretical framework for the regional chapters, emphasising how evolving political configurations changed the balance between 'coercive' and 'market-based' solutions to town-country relations and set countries on different paths to growth.