The birth of the metropolis : urban spaces and social life in medieval Paris /
"Between 1150 and 1350, Paris grew from a mid-sized episcopal see in Europe to the largest metropolis on the continent. The population rose during these two centuries from approximately 30,000 to over 250,000 inhabitants. The causes and consequences of this demographic explosion are thoroughly...
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Leiden ;
Boston : Brill,
[2021]
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| Series: | Brill studies in architectural and urban history ;
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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.