Format:
xxii, 552 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9780754663546
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075466354X
Content:
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 consists 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. ...
Note:
"The origin of this work is a conference on the theme "Topography and power in medieval towns", which was held in the Royal Academy in Dublin in 2006" (Introduction)
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Ferdinand Opll : an appreciationPart I. The challenge of comparative urban studies ; The European historic towns atlas project : origin and potential
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Methodological approaches to the comparative study of historic towns
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Part II. Case-studies from a national perspective in the core area of medieval Europe ; The topography of power in the cities of medieval Italy
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The Atlas historique de Bordeaux : a newcomer to the series Atlas historique des villes de France
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Reinventing the German towns atlas? : trends in the development of a national historic towns atlas project
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Seigneurial power and the development of towns in the Holy Roman Empire
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The king and "his" town of Litomerice/Leitmeritz in medieval Bohemia
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Seigneurial power and planning : aspects of the origins of towns in Austria with particular reference to Vienna and Wiener Neustadt
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Town planning in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries : symbolic meaning and pragmatic process
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Lordship, economy and society in English medieval marketplaces
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Part III. Case-studies from a national perspective on the periphery of medieval Europe ; Polish town plans as expressions of political and economic power
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Royal power and urban space in medieval Hungary
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Medieval town plans in Romania
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The medieval planned town in Croatia
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Planning and regulation in the formation of new towns and new quarters in Ireland, 1170-1641
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Town plans as expressions of political and economic power and ecclesiastical organization in Scandinavia
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Part IV. Symbolic meanings of town plans ; Medieval urban form in the Low Countries : state of research, comparative perspective and symbolic meaning
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Maps of medieval thought? : cartographic imaginaries, cultural symbolism and urban forms of the later Middle Ages
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Early medieval Winchester: symbolic landscapes
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Part V. Approaches to the interpretation of large-scale town plans ; Town foundation and urban development from the perspective of the medieval archaeologist
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The primary formation of medieval town plans in Central Europe from the perspective of an art historian
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Adapting a medieval urban landscape in nineteenth-century Ireland : the example of Trim, County Meath
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Appendix A: List of towns published to date in the European historic towns atlas project ; Appendix B: Select bibliography of publications in English relating to the european historic towns atlas project in general, or providing background for an understanding of medieval urban form, or contributing to the debate on the comparative method ; Appendix C: Select bibliography of publications in German, old and new, that contribute to a better understanding of urban form in the Middle Ages, or treat directly of aspects concerning the European historic towns atlas project.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Europa
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Stadtentwicklung
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Stadtplan
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Geschichtsatlas
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Geschichte 500-1500
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Europa
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Stadt
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Macht
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Stadtplanung
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Geschichte 500-1500
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Konferenzschrift
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Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754663546
Author information:
Simms, Anngret 1937-
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