TY - BOOK ID - 611548 TI - Cities, texts, and social networks, 400-1500 : experiences and perceptions of medieval urban space AU - Goodson, Caroline AU - Lester, Anne Elisabeth AU - Symes, Carol PY - 2010 SN - 9780754667230 0754667235 9781409402619 1409402614 9781315572130 9781317165927 PB - Farnham, Surrey, England Burlington, VT : Ashgate, DB - UniCat KW - History of civilization KW - History of Europe KW - anno 500-1499 KW - anno 400-499 KW - Cities and towns, Medieval. KW - City and town life KW - Cities and towns, Medieval KW - Social networks KW - Space perception KW - Religion and sociology KW - Charities KW - Public institutions KW - Human ecology KW - Villes médiévales KW - Vie urbaine KW - Réseaux sociaux KW - Perception spatiale KW - Sociologie religieuse KW - Oeuvres de bienfaisance KW - Etablissements publics KW - Ecologie humaine KW - History KW - Histoire KW - 940.1 KW - Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) KW - 940.1 Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) KW - Villes médiévales KW - Réseaux sociaux KW - Medieval cities and towns KW - Spatial perception KW - Perception KW - Spatial behavior KW - Figure-ground perception KW - Geographical perception KW - Networking, Social KW - Networks, Social KW - Social networking KW - Social support systems KW - Support systems, Social KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Cliques (Sociology) KW - Microblogs KW - Religion and society KW - Religious sociology KW - Society and religion KW - Sociology, Religious KW - Sociology and religion KW - Sociology of religion KW - Sociology KW - Government institutions KW - Institutions, Public KW - Institutions, State KW - State institutions KW - Associations, institutions, etc. KW - Ecology KW - Environment, Human KW - Human beings KW - Human environment KW - Ecological engineering KW - Human geography KW - Nature KW - Alms and almsgiving KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Charitable institutions KW - Endowed charities KW - Institutions, Charitable and philanthropic KW - Philanthropy KW - Poor relief KW - Private nonprofit social work KW - Relief (Aid) KW - Social welfare KW - Poor KW - Social service KW - Endowments KW - City life KW - Town life KW - Urban life KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Social aspects KW - Effect of environment on KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Societies, etc. KW - Services for KW - City and town life - History - To 1500 KW - Cities and towns, Medieval - History - Sources KW - City and town life - History - To 1500 - Sources KW - Social networks - History - To 1500 KW - Space perception - History - To 1500 KW - Religion and sociology - History - To 1500 KW - Charities - History - To 1500 KW - Public institutions - History - To 1500 KW - Human ecology - History - To 1500 KW - Villes KW - Moyen Age UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:611548 AB - Cities, Texts and Social Networks examines the experiences of urban life from late antiquity through the close of the fifteenth century, in regions ranging from late Imperial Rome to Muslim Syria, Iraq and al-Andalus, England, the territories of medieval Francia, Flanders, the Low Countries, Italy and Germany. Together, the volume's contributors move beyond attempts to define 'the city' in purely legal, economic or religious terms. Instead, they focus on modes of organisation, representation and identity formation that shaped the ways urban spaces were called into being, used and perceived. Their interdisciplinary analyses place narrative and archival sources in communication with topography, the built environment and evidence of sensory stimuli in order to capture sights, sounds, physical proximities and power structures. Paying close attention to the delineation of public and private spaces, and secular and sacred precincts, each chapter explores the workings of power and urban discourse and their effects on the making of meaning. The volume as a whole engages theoretical discussions of urban space - its production, consumption, memory and meaning - which too frequently misrepresent the evidence of the Middle Ages. It argues that the construction and use of medieval urban spaces could foster the emergence of medieval 'public spheres' that were fundamental components and by-products of pre-modern urban life. The resulting collection contributes to longstanding debates among historians while tackling fundamental questions regarding medieval society and the ways it is understood today. Many of these questions will resonate with scholars of postcolonial or 'non-Western' cultures whose sources and cities have been similarly marginalized in discussions of urban space and experience. And because these essays reflect a considerable geographical, temporal and methodological scope, they model approaches to the study of urban history that will interest a wide range of readers. ER -