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Uniform Title Gouden eeuwen. English.
Title City and society in the Low Countries, 1100-1600 / edited by Bruno Blondé, Marc Boone, Anne-Laure Van Bruane
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents City and society in the Low Countries : urbanisation and urban historiography / Bruno Blondé, Marc Boone and Anne-Laure Van Bruaene -- Economic vitality : urbanisation, regional complementarity and European interaction / Wim Blockmans, Bert De Munck and Peter Stabel -- Living together in the city : social relationships between norm and practice / Bruno Blondé, Frederik Buylaert, Jan Dumolyn, Jord Hanus and Peter Stabel -- 'The common good' : governance, discipline and political culture / Marc Boone and Jelle Haemers -- Civic religion : community, identity and religious transformation / Guido Marnef and Anne-Laure Van Bruaene -- Urban space : infrastructure, technology and power / Claire Billen and Chloé Deligne -- At home in the city : the dynamics of material culture / Inneke Baatsen, Bruno Blondé, Julie De Groot and Isis Sturtewagen -- Education and knowledge : theory and practice in an urban context / Bert De Munck and Hilde de Ridder-Symoens -- Epilogue : the legacy of the medieval city in the Low Countries / Bruno Blondé, Marc Boone and Anne-Laure Van Bruaene
Summary "The Low Countries was collectively one of the earliest and most heavily urbanised societies in European history. Present-day Belgium and the Netherlands still share important common features, such as comparatively low income inequalities, high levels of per capita income, a balanced political structure, and a strong 'civil society'. This book traces the origins of this specific social model in medieval patterns of urbanisation, while also searching for explanations for the historical reproduction of social inequalities"-- Provided by publisher
Notes "Originally published in Dutch by Academia Press 2016 as Gouden eeuwen: Stad en samenleving in de Lage Landen, 1100-1600"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index
Notes Translated from the Dutch
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 5, 2018)
Subject Urbanization -- Belgium -- History
Urbanization -- Netherlands -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Urbanization
Belgium
Netherlands
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Blondé, B. (Bruno), 1964- editor.
Boone, Marc, editor.
Bruaene, Anne-Laure van, editor.
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