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Medieval Urban Planning
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Author : Mickey Abel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2017-03-07
Medieval Urban Planning written by Mickey Abel and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with Art categories.
Broadly defined, urban planning today is a process one might describe as half design and half social engineering. It considers not only the aesthetic and visual product, but also the economic, political, and social implications, as well as the environmental impact. This collection of essays explores the question of whether this sort of multifaceted planning took place in the Middle Ages, and how it manifested itself outside of the monastic realm. Bringing together the monastic historian and archaeologist, with scholars of art and architecture, this volume expands our comprehension of how those in roles of authority saw the planning process and implemented their plans to structure a particular outcome. The examination of architectural complexes, literary sources, commercial legers, and political records highlights the multiple avenues for viewing the growing awareness of the social potential of an urban environment.
Medi Val Town Planning
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Author : Thomas Frederick Tout
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1917
Medi Val Town Planning written by Thomas Frederick Tout and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Cities and towns, Medieval categories.
Medieval Town Planning
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Author : Thomas Frederick Tout
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
Medieval Town Planning written by Thomas Frederick Tout and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with Cities and towns, Medieval categories.
Florentine New Towns
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Author : David Friedman
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Release Date : 1988
Florentine New Towns written by David Friedman and has been published by MIT Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Architecture categories.
Florentine New Towns is an original and comprehensive study of an important episode in late Medieval urbanism.
Medieval Town Planning
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Author : T. F. Tout
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-09-04
Medieval Town Planning written by T. F. Tout and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-04 with Architecture categories.
Excerpt from Medieval Town Planning: A Lecture Delivered at the John Rylands Library on the 13th December, 1916 Some towns, including most of the great cities of history, grow; others on the other hand are made. And the process of town making is as legitimate as the process of constitution making. Prof. Pollard in a paradoxical moment has lately told us that constitutions that develop are better than constitutions that spring from the brain of the legislator.1 The answer is that it all depends on the constitutions. This is the case with towns as well as constitutions. Under certain conditions both alike must be made, or they do not come into existence at all. We have now got to one of those periods of history in which, as in the Macedonian age, the conscious creation of towns on a large scale was both a political and economic necessity. With the fever for founding towns that marked the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the golden age of mediaeval town planning set in. It is to this period that we have chie y to address ourselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
The Medieval City
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Author : Norman Pounds
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2005-04-30
The Medieval City written by Norman Pounds and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-30 with History categories.
An introduction to the life of towns and cities in the medieval period, this book shows how medieval towns grew to become important centers of trade and liberty. Beginning with a look at the Roman Empire's urban legacy, the author delves into urban planning or lack thereof; the urban way of life; the church in the city; city government; urban crafts and urban trade, health, wealth, and welfare; and the city in history. Annotated primary documents like Domesday Book, sketches of street life, and descriptions of fairs and markets bring the period to life, and extended biographical sketches of towns, regions, and city-dwellers provide readers with valuable detail. In addition, 26 maps and illustrations, an annotated bibliography, glossary, and index round out the work. After a long decline in urban life following the fall of the Roman Empire, towns became centers of trade and of liberty during the medieval period. Here, the author describes how, as Europe stabilized after centuries of strife, commerce and the commercial class grew, and urban areas became an important source of revenue into royal coffers. Towns enjoyed various levels of autonomy, and always provided goods and services unavailable in rural areas. Hazards abounded in towns, though. Disease, fire, crime and other hazards raised mortality rates in urban environs. Designed as an introduction to life of towns and cities in the medieval period, eminent historian Norman Pounds brings to life the many pleasures, rewards, and dangers city-dwellers sought and avoided. Beginning with a look at the Roman Empire's urban legacy, Pounds delves into Urban Planning or lack thereof; The Urban Way of Life; The Church in the City; City Government; Urban Crafts and Urban Trade, Health, Wealth, and Welfare; and The City in History. Annotated primary documents like Domesday Book, sketches of street life, and descriptions of fairs and markets bring the period to life, and extended biographical sketches of towns, regions, and city-dwellers provide readers with valuable detail. In addition, 26 maps and illustrations, an annotated bibliography, glossary, and index round out the work.
Medieval Town Planning
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Author : Thomas Frederick Tout
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
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City And Cosmos
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Author : Keith D. Lilley
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2009-09-01
City And Cosmos written by Keith D. Lilley and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-01 with History categories.
In City and Cosmos, Keith D. Lilley argues that the medieval mind considered the city truly a microcosm: much more than a collection of houses, a city also represented a scaled-down version of the very order and organization of the cosmos. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, including original accounts, visual art, science, literature, and architectural history, City and Cosmos offers an innovative interpretation of how medieval Christians infused their urban surroundings with meaning. Lilley combines both visual and textual evidence to demonstrate how the city carried Christian cosmological meaning and symbolism, sharing common spatial forms and functional ordering. City and Cosmos will not only appeal to a diverse range of scholars studying medieval history, archaeology, philosophy, and theology; but it will also find a broad audience in architecture, urban planning, and art history. With more of the world’s population inhabiting cities than ever before, this original perspective on urban order and culture will prove increasingly valuable to anyone wishing to better understand the role of the city in society.
Medieval Town Planning
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Author : Anthony John Scrase
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
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Lords And Towns In Medieval Europe
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Author : Howard B. Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-14
Lords And Towns In Medieval Europe written by Howard B. Clarke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with History categories.
This volume is based on possibly the biggest single Europe-wide project in urban history. In 1955 the International Commission for the History of Towns established the European historic towns atlas project in accordance with a common scheme in order to encourage comparative urban studies. Although advances in urban archaeology since the 1960s have highlighted the problematic relationship between the oldest extant town plan and the actual origins of a town, the large-scale cadastral maps as they have been made available by the European historic towns atlas project are still necessary if we want to understand the evolution of the physical form of our towns. By 2014 the project consisted of over 500 individual publications from over 18 different countries across Europe. Each atlas comprises at least a core-map at the scale of 1:2500, analytical maps and an explanatory text. The time has come to use this enormous database that has been compiled over the last 40 years. This volume, itself based on a conference related to this topic that was held in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin in 2006, takes up this challenge. The focus of the volume is on the question of how seigneurial power influenced the creation of towns in medieval Europe and of how this process in turn influenced urban form. Part I of the volume addresses two major issues: the history of the use of town plans in urban research and the methodological challenges of comparative urban history. Parts II and III constitute the core of the book focusing on the dynamic relationship between lordship and town planning in the core area of medieval Europe and on the periphery. In Part IV the symbolic meaning of town plans for medieval people is discussed. Part V consists of critical contributions by an archaeologist, an art historian and an historical geographer. By presenting case studies by leading researchers from different European countries, this volume combines findings that were hitherto not available in English. A comparison of the English and German bibliographies, attached to this volume, reveals some interesting insights as to how the focus of research shifted over time. The book also shows how work on urban topography integrates the approaches of the historian, archaeologist and historical geographer. The narrative of medieval urbanization becomes enriched and the volume is a genuine contribution to European studies.