Protagonists of Urban Order from the Middle Ages to the Present
Actions, Ideas, Concepts
9789048559510
256 pages
Amsterdam University Press
Overview
European cities and towns are considered places with a particular order established by their inhabitants. This volume centres on the authorities, groups, and individuals who formed the rules for common life in urban communities. It considers the protagonists of urban order between the Middle Ages and modernity: those who were responsible for the common welfare, those who produced change, and those who caused disorder. The authors focus on the practices that shaped the order of urban communities and in particular on situations in which this order was transformed both socially and spatially. By looking at urban order through this lens, the volume sheds light on the complex interplay of interests that can bring about change.
Author Bio
Irena Benyovsky Latin is Scholarly Advisor at the Croatian Institute of History and general secretary of International Commission for History of Towns. She researches medieval urban history of Dalmatian Cities. The most important books: Knjige op.inskih nekretnina i najmova Dubrovnika (13.-18. st.) (2007), Srednjovjekovni Trogir. Prostor i dru.tvo (2009).
Tonija Andri., is an Associate Professor at the Department for History at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Split, Croatia.
Martina Stercken is a Professor of medieval history at University of Zürich. Her research interests include urban history, history of power and medieval cartography. Recent books: Kommunale Selbstinszenierung. Städtische Konstellationen zwischen Mittelalter und Neuzeit (2018), Stadtentwicklung im vormodernen Europa (2021).
