The Growth of the Medieval City: From Late Antiquity to the Early Fourteenth Century
Christopher M. Bellitto|David Nicholas
Part 1 Antiquity and the early-Middle Ages: urban legacy of antiquity - Roman urbanization in early empire, third century crisis its aftermath, fourth century, Christianity fabric late antiquity, fifth catastophe suburbanization deurbanization Merovingian Carolingian Gaul, 500-830 economy cities problem seventh life Lombard Italy, Northern Europe age challenge response Scandinavian Muslim attacks revival medieval West, tenth revival. 2 The 11th 12th centuries: from signiorial to economic landowning, commerce industry centuries physical expansion cities, beginnings urbanization, society landowning elite toward merchant patriciate, guilds social organization law government centuries, southern Europe. 3 13th C.1190 c.1270: changes city plan, walls, inner suburbs North European structures, finances commercial 13th-century Italy under papal oligarchies during early-13th municipal governments Popolo. 4 A helf-century crisis: as craftsman, magnate guildsman transformation city, c.1270 c.1325 England, France, Low Countries Germany, Italy.
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