Medieval Regions and Their Cities.

Russell, J.C.

ISBN 10: 0715352784 / ISBN 13: 9780715352786

Published by David & Charles (Publishers) Limited, Newton Abbot, first edition, 1972, 1972

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Cloth, 8vo, 286 pp, figs, tables. "This study deals, with two exceptions, with the century before the outbreak of the plague in 1348, a period of relatively active population growth in most areas.The area covered in this study may seem an arbitrary collection of countries from Ireland to India. In fact, it includes regions along the great trade routes from Ireland to India in the century, that is, from about AD 1250-1348, before the fourteenth-century attack of the plague. The chapter on India is earlier in time (AD 629-645), but indicates the impossibility of that country possessing the enormous population that it is accorded for the middle ages by some authorities. This, then, is a tentative study of late medieval regionalism, an examination of the spatial distribution of cities, a discussion of other regional characteristics, and an explanation of the possible reasons for the development of regions at that time." -from the introduction. Regions and cities covered include the following: Central and Southern Italy: Florence and Palermo; Regions of North Italy: Venice and Milan; Border Regions: Augsburg, Dijon, and Cologne; Frontier Regions: Prague, Magdeburg, and Lubeck; Northern Sea Regions: Ghent, London, and Dublin; Western French Regions: Paris and Toulouse; North-western Mediterranean Regions: Montpellier and Barcelona; Three Iberian Regions: Cordoba, Toledo, Lisbon; Two Near-eastern Regions: Antioch and Cairo; The Regions of Hiven Tsang's India. Very Good. Name on front free endpaper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medieval Regions and Their Cities.
• Publisher: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited, Newton Abbot, first edition, 1972
• Publication Date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0715352784
• ISBN 13: 9780715352786
• Binding: Hardcover
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  • Mediaeval History