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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Rubin, Miri, 1956- Cities of strangers Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. (DLC) 2019038909 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Miri Rubin |
| ISBN: | 9781108481236 110848123X 9781108740531 1108740537 |
| OCLC Number: | 1120965697 |
| Description: | xv, 189 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Cities and their stranger -- Strangers into neighbours -- Jews : familiar strangers -- Women : sometimes strangers in their cities. |
| Series Title: | Wiles lectures. |
| Responsibility: | Miri Rubin. |
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'In Cities of Strangers, Miri Rubin takes us deep into the practices of inclusion and exclusion in medieval cities across Europe. Introducing us to the variety of newcomers who sustained urban life, she also shows us how long-domiciled groups of Jews and even native-born women were marked by the taint of strangeness. Her compelling narrative reminds us how needy are the migrants at our gates and how universal is our quest to belong.' Natalie Zemon Davis, University of Toronto 'It is inspiring and troubling to learn from Miri Rubin's engaging book that a twelfth-century Parisian or a thirteenth-century Londoner would find their cities in the twenty-first century more familiar than those whose dreams of purity blinds them to the truth that diverse cities are where history is made.' Engin Isin, Queen Mary University of London 'The great medievalist Miri Rubin reminds us how diverse European cities have always been. This timely, fascinating book traces how a migrant, Jew, bride from another town, or foreign merchant could become less a stranger and more a trusted neighbour, but also how fragile that hard-won trust could be.' Edward Muir, Northwestern University 'A thoughtful and pioneering book.' David Abulafia, Times Literary Supplement 'The narrative portion of this book is, for general readers and undergraduates, a wonderful introduction ... Scholars, however, will more deeply appreciate that almost half of the book is bibliography and endnotes, the latter a nice admixture of primary and secondary sources.' R. T. Ingoglia, Choice Read more...

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- Cities and towns, Medieval -- Europe.
- City and town life -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
- Strangers -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
- Immigrants -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
- Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- To 1500.
- Cities and towns, Medieval.
- City and town life.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Immigrants.
- Strangers.
- Europe.
