Cities, Texts and Social Networks, 400-1500 Experiences and Perceptions of Medieval Urban Space |
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| Editor:
| Goodson, Caroline
Lester, Anne E.
Symes, Carol |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-6723-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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Medieval Cities, Texts and Social Networks offers a new interpretation of the pre-modern urban past by highlighting contemporary experiences of the city and their mediation through written, visual and environmental evidence. Comprising of twelve essays that model important new ways of re-imagining the urban world, it points to significant patterns of socialisation in medieval urban milieus, particularly with respect to the role of sanctity, the evolution of charitable landscapes and...
More DescriptionMedieval Cities, Texts and Social Networks offers a new interpretation of the pre-modern urban past by highlighting contemporary experiences of the city and their mediation through written, visual and environmental evidence. Comprising of twelve essays that model important new ways of re-imagining the urban world, it points to significant patterns of socialisation in medieval urban milieus, particularly with respect to the role of sanctity, the evolution of charitable landscapes and the coalescence of formal institutions and informal networks of human interaction.