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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Blondé, Bruno[Herausgeber]
• Boone, Marc[Herausgeber]
• Van Bruaene, Anne-Laure[Herausgeber]

Titel

City and society in the Low Countries, 1100-1600

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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• Inhaltsverzeichnis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• "The Low Countries was collectively one of the earliest and most heavily urbanised societies in European history. Present-day Belgium and the Netherlands still share important common features, such as comparatively low income inequalities, high levels of per capita income, a balanced political structure, and a strong 'civil society'. This book traces the origins of this specific social model in medieval patterns of urbanisation, while also searching for explanations for the historical reproduction of social inequalities"...