Protagonists of Urban Order from the Middle Ages to the Present

European cities and towns are considered places with a particular order established by their inhabitants. This volume centres on the authorities, groups, and individuals who formed the rules for common life in urban communities. It considers the protagonists of urban order between the Middle Ages and modernity: those who were responsible for the common welfare, those who produced change, and those who caused disorder. The authors focus on the practices that shaped the order of urban communities and in particular on situations in which this order was transformed socially and spatially. By looking at urban order through this lens, the volume sheds light on the complex interplay of interests that can bring about change.

Irena Benyovsky Latin is a scholarly advisor at the Croatian Institute of History and general secretary of the International Commission for the History of Towns. She researches the history of cities in medieval Dalmatia. Books she published are Srednjovjekovni Trogir. Prostor i drustvo (2009), and Socijalna topografija srednjovjekovnoga Dubrovnika (2024). Martina Stercken is a professor of Medieval History and Regional Studies at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). Her research interests include urban history, the history of power, and medieval cartography. Books she published are Urbanität (2016), Kommunale Selbstinszenierung (2018), and Stadtentwicklung im vormodernen Europa (2021). Tonija Andric is an associate professor at Split University, Departement of History (Croatia). Her research interests include the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. Books she published are Zivot u srednjovjekovnom Splitu: svakodnevica obrtnika u 14. i 15. stoljecu (2018), and Povijest Splita u srednjem vijeku (2020).