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	Title: The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe
	Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author: Verhulst, Adriaan LC Call: HT131 .V467 1999eb Dewey: 307.76094 LCSH: Cities and towns - Europe, Northern - History - To.	Pub. Date: 14 April 2003 eBook ISBN: 0511022077 Print ISBN: 0521469090 Product ID: 147292 Language: English
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Summary

Examines fifteen towns, mainly situated on the rivers Meuse and Scheldt and along the North Sea coast of present-day Belgium, Holland and France. The author provides details of the impact of political, military, ecclesiastical, economic and social factors on the development of these towns.

Preliminaries

Maps

Editor’s preface

Preface

1 The transformation of the Roman towns

2 The nadir of urban life (sixth–seventh centuries)

3 New urban beginnings and the Viking raids (eighth–ninth centuries)

4 The urbanization of the high Middle Ages (tenth–eleventh centuries)

5 Industrialization, commercial expansion and emancipation (eleventh–twelfth centuries)

6 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of cities and towns

General index