Title Cities of strangers : making lives in Medieval Europe / Miri Rubin

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 189 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The Wiles lectures Wiles lectures. Contents Cities and their stranger -- Strangers into neighbours -- Jews : familiar strangers -- Women : sometimes strangers in their cities Summary Cities of Strangers illuminates life in European towns and cities as it was for the settled, and for the 'strangers' or newcomers who joined them between 1000 and 1500. Some city-states enjoyed considerable autonomy which allowed them to legislate on how newcomers might settle and become citizens in support of a common good. Such communities invited bankers, merchants, physicians, notaries and judges to settle and help produce good urban living. Dynastic rulers also shaped immigration, often inviting groups from afar to settle and help their cities flourish. All cities accommodated a great deal of difference - of language, religion, occupation - in shared spaces, regulated by law. But when, from around 1350, plague began regularly to occur within European cities, this benign cycle began to break down. High mortality rates led eventually to demographic crises and, as a result, less tolerant and more authoritarian attitudes emerged, resulting in violent expulsions of even long-settled groups. Tracing the development of urban institutions and using a wide range of sources from across Europe, Miri Rubin recreates a complex picture of urban life for settled and migrant communities over Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2020) Subject Cities and towns, Medieval -- Europe City and town life -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 Strangers -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 Immigrants -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 Cities and towns, Medieval. Cities and towns, Medieval City and town life Emigration and immigration Immigrants Strangers SUBJECT Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- To 1500 Subject Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019038909 ISBN 9781108666510 1108666515

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