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The birth of the metropolis : urban spaces and social life in medieval Paris /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oberste, Jörg (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Brill studies in architectural and urban history, volume 1
Subjects:
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.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
France.
France > Paris.
To 1515
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.