Urban Hierarchy: The Interaction between Towns and Cities in Europe in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times (Studies in European Urban History 1100-1800, 53) (English and French Edition)

Urban hierarchy means a new study approach that focuses on the reciprocal concurrence of relationships between urban centers, their complementarity, opposition, support and ongoing collaboration. The goal is to go beyond the single analysis of a city and focus on the interaction between towns and cities and to distinguish their dynamics and the degree of specialization within a political framework. The final objective is to provide a comprehensive historical analysis as urban history requires, open to the advantages of interdisciplinarity and the contributions of the international researchers that will take part in the session. The processes of urban hierarchization are not only vital for observing the dynamics of cities, but also for studying in depth the response capabilities of the urban systems in the face of new challenges and stimuli. These aspects of the historical analysis of cities are still quite unexplored and, therefore, they will receive a great deal of attention in the book. The initial regional frameworks will not exclude small towns and rural centers since, even though they may look less potentially relevant, they might display greater specific development. Thanks to a renewed methodology and special attention to the empirical basis, it is possible to improve our knowledge of the urban systems of European regions at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Early Modern Era, shedding light on some aspects of the medieval past that will also influence other scientific areas of humanities. Urban hierarchy means a new study approach that focuses on the reciprocal concurrence of relationships between urban centers, their complementarity, opposition, support and ongoing collaboration. The goal is to go beyond the single analysis of a city and focus on the interaction between towns and cities and to distinguish their dynamics and the degree of specialization within a political framework. The final objective is to provide a comprehensive historical analysis as urban history requires, open to the advantages of interdisciplinarity and the contributions of the international researchers that will take part in the book. The processes of urban hierarchization are not only vital for observing the dynamics of cities, but also for studying in depth the response capabilities of the urban systems in the face of new challenges and stimuli. These aspects of the historical analysis of cities are still quite unexplored and, therefore, they will receive a great deal of attention in the book. The initial regional frameworks will not exclude small towns and rural centers since, even though they may look less potentially relevant, they might display greater specific development. Thanks to a renewed methodology and special attention to the empirical basis, it is possible to improve our knowledge of the urban systems of European regions at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Early Modern Era, shedding light on some aspects of the medieval past that will also influence other scientific areas of humanities Urban Hierarchy 1 Maria Asenjo-González. Introduction 7 Anne Kucab. Rouen : pôle urbainet centre de consommation 27 Morwenna Coquelin. Le réseau erfurtois à la fin du Moyen Âge 46 Andrea Gamberini. Urban Hierarchies in the Heart of the Po Valley (12th–15th century) 69 David Alonso García. Rethinking Madrid during the Sixteenth Century 85 Francesco Senatore. About the Urbanization in the Kingdom of Naples 103 María Ángeles Martín Romera. Urban Networks ‘in Defence of the Realm’ 121 Jan Vojtíšek. The Town of Kolín and its Communication Horizons in the Late Middle Ages 138 Arie van Steensel. Urban Hierarchies and the Institutional Fabric of Late Medieval European Towns 157 Óscar Ló pez Gómez. Resistance to Jurisdictional Predominance and Hierarchical Ambitions 173 Jana Vojtíšková. The Interaction between the Bohemian Royal Towns and their Relation to the Cities of Central Europe in 1526–1620 200