Title & Author:

Towns in decline, AD 100-1600 / edited by T.R. Slater.

Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2000.

Description:

xii, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What is urban decline: desolation, decay and destruction, or an opportunity? / T.R. Slater and James P.P. Higgins -- 2. Change and decline in late Romano-British towns / Neil Faulkner -- 3. Construction and deconstruction: reconstructing the late-Roman townscape / Neil Christie -- 4. Urban failures in late-antique Gaul / S.T. Loseby -- 5. Wroxeter and the transformation of late-Roman urbanism / Roger White -- 6. The decline of the Wic? / R.A. Hall -- 7. Urban development and decline on the central Danube, 100-1600 / Peter Csendes -- 8. Decolonization and the dynamics of urban decline in Ireland, 1300-1550 / Howard B. Clarke -- 9. The rise and fall of the medieval town in Wales / Kenneth Murphy.

Summary:

This volume examines the phenomenon of urban decline as it affected Europe from the first century until the Renaissance; it is a major contribution to the social history of the Middle Ages.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

075460084X (acid-free paper)
9780754600848 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Cities and towns Europe History Congresses.
Villes Europe Histoire Congrès.
15.70 history of Europe.
Cities and towns.
Steden.
Verval (geschiedenis)
Cities and towns, Ancient Europe.
Cities and towns, Medieval Europe.
Europe.
Europe Civilization.
Europe, Western Civilization 476-1492.

Form/genre:

Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Slater, T. R.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252733
Call No.: HT131 .T68 2000
Status: Available