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The mapmaker's quest : depicting new worlds in Renaissance Europe
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ISBN: 019210053X 9780192100535 Year: 2003 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford university press,

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In 1400 Europe was behind large parts of the world in its understanding of the use of maps. For instance, the people gf China and of Japan were considerably more advanced in this respect. And yet, by 1600 the Europeans had come to use maps for a huge variety of tasks, and were far ahead of the rest of the world in their appreciation of the power and use of cartography. The Mapmakers' Quest seeks to understand this development - not only to tease out the strands of thoughtand practice which led to the use of maps, but also to assess the ways in which such use affected European societies and eco

Die europäische Stadt des Mittelalters
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ISBN: 3525013086 9783525013083 Year: 1972 Publisher: Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht,


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City and cosmos : the medieval world in urban form
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ISBN: 9781861894410 1861894414 Year: 2009 Publisher: London Reaktion Books

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"City and cosmos" is an exploration of the city represented in the medieval imagination. Keith D. Lilley shows that, to the medieval mind, the city was not merely a collection of houses', it was an idea rich in Christian symbolism and cosmological meaning. Drawing upon original accounts, illustrations and maps from across medieval Europe, and on science, religion, art, literature, drama and architecture of the Latin West, "City and cosmos" offers an innovative interpretation of how medieval Christians saw their urban worlds.

La ville au Moyen Age en Occident : paysages, pouvoirs et conflits
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ISBN: 2213025576 9782213025575 Year: 1990 Publisher: Paris: Fayard,

Vom alten zum neuen Bürgertum: die mitteleuropäische Stadt im Umbruch 1780-1820
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ISBN: 3486644149 9783486644142 Year: 1991 Volume: 14 Publisher: München: Oldenbourg,

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History of Europe --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Middle class --- Cities and towns --- History --- 911.375 <09> <4> --- -Cities and towns --- -Middle class --- -Bourgeoisie --- Commons (Social order) --- Middle classes --- Social classes --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van ...--Europa --- -History --- -Social conditions --- Germany --- Social conditions --- -Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van ...--Europa --- -Germany --- -911.375 <09> <4> --- Weimar Republic --- Germanii︠a︡ --- Германия --- BRD --- FRN --- Jirmānīya --- جرمانيا --- Nimechchyna --- Gjermani --- Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny --- Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Ashkenaz --- Germanyah --- Bundesrepublik Deutschland --- Federal Republic of Germany --- Deutschland --- Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana --- República Federal de Alemania --- Alemania --- República de Alemania --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- KhBNGU --- ХБНГУ --- German Uls --- Germania --- Republika Federal Alemmana --- Deutsches Reich --- Grossdeutsches Reich --- Weimarer Republik --- Vācijā --- -History of Europe --- Bourgeoisie --- Geschiedenis van Europa --- Middle class - Germany - History - 18th century. --- Middle class - Germany - History - 19th century. --- Cities and towns - Germany - History - 18th century. --- Cities and towns - Germany - History - 19th century.

Modernism and the spirit of the city
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ISBN: 0415258413 0415258405 Year: 2003 Publisher: London New York Routledge

European towns : their archaeology and early history
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ISBN: 0120788500 9780120788507 Year: 1977 Publisher: London: Academic press,

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