At Europe's Borders: Medieval Towns in the Romanian Principalities

A painstaking look into everything that has to do with medieval towns in the lesser-known Romanian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia. A new and fascinating perspective on the history of the urban world in Central and South-Eastern Europe.

About the author

Laurenţiu Rădvan, Ph.D. (2003) in History, University "Al. I. Cuza" Iaşi, is Associate Professor of medieval history at the Department of History of the same university. He has published several works of medieval urban history, mostly devoted to the urbanization process in the Romanian-inhabited area. Member of the International Commission for the History of Towns (2008). Selected volumes: Oraşele din Ţara Românească până la sfârşitul sec. XVI, Iaşi, 2004; Oraşul din spaţiul românesc între Orient şi Occident. Tranziţia de la medievalitate la modernitate, volume of studies, Iaşi, 2007.

Product details

• Authors: Laurentiu Radvan
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2010
• EAN: 9789004180109
• ISBN: 978-90-04-18010-9
• No. of pages: 648
• Weight: 1106 g
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europ
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages