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Library Guides/ Medieval Urban History

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This guide covers a set of high-quality sources of information for (medieval) urban history that can be a good starting point for your research.

General studies

Bairoch, Paul. Cities and economic development. Chicago, 1988.
ISBN: 0226034658
Clark, Peter. European cities and towns, 400-2000. Oxford, 2009.
ISBN: 9780191547447
Clark, Peter. The Oxford handbook of cities in world history. Oxford, 2013.
Dutour, Thierry. La ville médiévale : origines et triomphe de l'Europe urbaine. Paris, 2003.
Ewen, Shane. What is urban history. Oxford, 2016.
ISBN: 9781509501342
Friedrichs, C. R. The early modern city, 1450-1750. London, 1995.
ISBN: 9780582013209
Hohenberg, Paul and Lynn Hollen Lees. The making of urban Europe, 1000-1994. Cambridge. 2009.
ISBN: 9780674038738
Lilley, Keith D. Urban life in the middle ages. Basingstoke, 2001.
ISBN: 9780333712498
Nicholas, David. Urban Europe, 1100-1700. Basingstoke, 2003.
ISBN: 9780333949825
Tilly, Charles and Wim P. Blockmans, eds. Cities and the rise of states in Europe, A. D. 1000-1800. Boulder, Co., 1994.
ISBN: 9780813388496
Vries, Jan de. European urbanization, 1500-1800. London, 1984.

Regional studies

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