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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Tom Scott; Oxford University Press. |
ISBN: | 9780199274604 0199274606 9780199675395 0199675392 |
OCLC Number: | 883499404 |
Description: | XI, [1], 382 s., [4] s. tabl. : il. ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction ; 1. Europe in AD 1000 ; 2. The Rise of the Communes, 1000-1150 ; 3. Cities and their Adversaries, 1150-1300 ; 4. City-States at the Crossroads, 1300-1450: The South ; 5. City-States at the Crossroads, 1300-1450: The North ; 6. Survival and Transformation, 1450-1600 ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index |
Responsibility: | Tom Scott. |
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well written and thoughtful study * Carolyn James, Parergon * This is a groundbreaking attempt by a scholar of early modern German cities to provide a European-wide comparison of city-states ... excellant * Donald Leach, History * stimulating, compelling, and detailed * Luca Zavagno, Economic History Review * an indispensible guide to all historians seeking to understand the ciy-state as a European political phenomenon. * Jan de Vries, Renaissance Quarterly * This welcome addition to the literature is massively documented, well written, and can be used by both scholars and non-specialists. * David Nicholas, American Historical Review * Rivers of ink have flowed in writings about city-states, but Tom Scotts latest work provides a distinguished contribution to that literature * Gianluca Raccagni, English Historical Review, Volume 128, Number 534 * Scott has given us an excellent, very stimulating starting point, which any future effort to examine economic and political transformation from the Middle Ages to modernity will surely want to take account of. * Dr Shami Ghosh, Reviews in History * Read more...

