Citizens Without Nations - Urban Citizenship in Europe and the World, C.10001789

Examines how urban citizenship gave many people a real stake in their own communities, even before the rise of modern democracy.

List of contents

Introduction: worlds of citizenship; Part I. Dimensions of Citizenship in European Towns: 1. Formal citizenship; 2. Urban governance: citizens and their authorities; 3. Economic citizenship through the guilds; 4. Welfare and the civic community; 5. Citizens, soldiers, and civic militias; Part II. Cities and States, Or: The Varieties of European Citizenship: Introduction to Part II; 6. Italian city-states and their citizens; 7. The Dutch Republic: the federalisation of citizenship; 8. Citizenship in England: from the Reformation to the Glorious Revolution; 9. Cities and states in Continental Europe; Part III. Citizenship Outside Europe: Introduction to Part III; 10. Original citizenship in China and the Middle East; 11. Recreating European citizenship in the Americas; Conclusions: citizenship before and beyond the French Revolution.

About the author

Maarten Prak is Professor of Social and Economic History at the Department of History and Art History, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. He is on the Board of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Summary

An ambitious study of the historical roots, development and role of citizenship during the period from the late Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Citizenship is shown to be not just an exclusively European institution, but one that could be traced to China, the Middle East and the American colonies.

Product details

• Authors: Maarten Prak, Maarten (Universiteit Utrecht Prak, Prak Maarten
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107504158
• ISBN: 978-1-107-50415-8
• No. of pages: 442
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / World, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, Civil rights & citizenship, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Civics and citizenship