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Cities of Strangers illuminates life in European towns and cities as it was for the settled, and for the 'strangers' or newcomers who joined them between 1000 and 1500. Some city-states enjoyed considerable autonomy which allowed them to legislate on how newcomers might settle and become c...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Wiles lectures
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| Summary: |
Cities of Strangers illuminates life in European towns and cities as it was for the settled, and for the 'strangers' or newcomers who joined them between 1000 and 1500. Some city-states enjoyed considerable autonomy which allowed them to legislate on how newcomers might settle and become citizens in support of a common good. Such communities invited bankers, merchants, physicians, notaries and judges to settle and help produce good urban living. Dynastic rulers also shaped immigration, often inviting groups from afar to settle and help their cities flourish. All cities accommodated a great d |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-183) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108740531 (paperback) : 1108740537 (paperback) 9781108481236 (hardcover) 110848123X (hardcover) 9781108666510 (electronic publication) 1108666515 (electronic publication) 9781108632256 (electronic book) 1108632254 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | HT115 |
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D750.38-09 K503 |
| Call Number: | K503/R896-1 |
| Contents: | Cities and their stranger -- Strangers into neighbours -- Jews : familiar strangers -- Women : sometimes strangers in their cities. |