The birth of the metropolis urban spaces and social life in medieval Paris Geburt der Metropole. English Oberste, Jörg creator author. EBSCOhost text bibliography Electronic books. ne 2021 monographic eng ger remote 1 online resource ( xii, 276 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Chapter 1 Foundations -- 1 To Whom Does Paris Belong? -- 2 Spaces, Urbanisation, and Metropolis Formation -- Methodological Considerations -- 3 Rich Sources -- Chapter 2 Parisian Spaces -- 1 Past Spaces: Paris before the Merovingians -- 2 Foundational Spaces: Early Medieval Sacral Topography and Landowners -- 2.1 A Sacral Landscape Takes Shape -- 2.2 Monasteries and Chapters Rule the Urban Space of Paris -- 3 Dynamic Spaces -- Venues of Metropolis Building -- 3.1 How is Growth Measured? -- 3.2 Markets and Fairs -- 3.3 Spaces of Power -- 3.4 Spaces of Knowledge -- 4 Extra Muros: Suburban Spaces as Central Spaces of Metropolis Formation -- 5 Preliminary Conclusions: Spaces and Agents of Urbanisation -- Chapter 3 The People of Saint-Martin-des-Champs: Social Practices and Urbanisation in a Parisian City Quarter -- 1 Saint-Martin-des-Champs: A Foundation on the Fields -- 2 The Monastery as Power Player: The Emergence of the "District Rule" of Saint-Martin-des-Champs in Paris -- 2.1 A Charter from 1128: What Formed the Basis of Power for the Monastery of Saint Martin in Paris? -- 2.2 Monks as Bureaucrats: How Did the Priory Organise Its Urban Properties? -- 2.3 Dominion under Siege: The Jurisdiction of Saint-Martin and Its Limits -- 3 The Conquest of Urban Space: Practices and Rules of Urbanisation -- 3.1 The Language of Urbanisation -- 3.2 The Rules of Construction -- 3.3 A Monastery in the City -- 3.4 Urbanisation Up Close: The Burgus of Saint-Martin under Construction -- 3.5 The Streets of the Metropolis: Urbanisation on Both Sides of the Rue Saint-Martin -- 4 The People of Saint-Martin: The SocialProfile of a Parisian Quarter -- 4.1 Patricians and Lombards: The Bourgeois Élite in the Quarter of Saint-Martin -- 4.2 Piety and Caritas -- 4.3 A Cross-Section of Metropolitan Society: Social Diversity and Migration in the Quarter of Saint-Martin -- 4.4 The Gallows of Noisy: Crime and Punishment -- 4.5 Extraordinary Communication: Games and Ceremonies -- Chapter 4 Paris imaginaire, or: How Does a Metropolis Arise? -- Bibliography -- Index. by Jörg Oberste. Translated from the German. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-fr--- Cities and towns, Medieval France Civilization, Medieval Paris (France) History To 1515 Paris (France) Social life and customs To 1500 Paris (France) Intellectual life To 1500 France Social conditions 987-1515 Cities and towns, Medieval Civilization, Medieval Intellectual life Manners and customs Social conditions France France Paris To 1515 fast DC725 .O2413 2021 944/.36101 Brill studies in architectural and urban history, volume 1 Birth of the metropolis Oberste, Jörg. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] (DLC) 2021030339 9789004468412 9004468412 9789004465282 2021030340 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3075417 DLC 210623 20211116115657.2 in00004769694 eng