Cities and Solidarities by Justin Colson, Arie van Steensel - 9780367874254

Cities and SolidaritiesUrban Communities in Pre-Modern Europe\nAuthor(s): Justin Colson, Arie van Steensel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367874254, 978-0367874254\nSynopsis\nCities and Solidarities charts the ways in which the study of individuals and places can revitalise our understanding of urban communities as dynamic interconnections of solidarities in medieval and early modern Europe. \n\nThis volume sheds new light on the socio-economic conditions, the formal and informal institutions, and the strategies of individual town dwellers that explain the similarities and differences in the organisation and functioning of urban communities in pre-modern Europe. It considers how communities within cities and towns are constructed and reconstructed, how interactions amongst members of differing groups created social and economic institutions, and how urban communities reflected a sense of social cohesion. In an.