Decline and Growth in English Towns 1400-1640

Klappentext A summary and analysis of the controversial debate about the decline and growth of English towns from 1400 to 1640. Zusammenfassung Historians have long disputed whether English towns were in decline in the period 1400–1640. This book reviews the literature of the controversy, guides the reader through it, and adds new insights derived from the author's own research. This is a book both for students beginning the study of the subject and for their teachers. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Note on references; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. The background to the controversy; 3. Urban fortunes before 1450; 4. Urban crisis at the end of the middle ages; 5. The problems of evidence; 6. Expansion and decline 1540-1640; 7. Conclusion; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Dyer
• Assisted by: Maurice Kirby (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.09.1995
• EAN: 9780521557818
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55781-8
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: New Studies in Economic and So
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History