Andrew Brown - Medieval Bruges, c. 850–1550

Medieval Bruges

Bruges was undoubtedly one of the most important cities in medieval Europe. Bringing together specialists from both archaeology and history, this total history presents an integrated view of the city s history from its very beginnings, tracing its astonishing expansion through to its subsequent decline in the sixteenth century. The authors analysis of its commercial growth, industrial production, socio-political changes and cultural creativity is grounded in an understanding of the city s structure, its landscape and its built environment. More than just a biography of a city, this book places Bruges within a wider network of urban and rural development and its history in a comparative framework, thereby offering new insights into the nature of a metropolis.

Andrew Brown is Associate Professor at Massey University in New Zealand and a historian of late medieval religion and society. His books include Civic Ceremony and Religion in Medieval Bruges, c.1300 1520 (Cambridge, 2010).

Jan Dumolyn is a senior lecturer at Ghent University and historian of the political, social and cultural history of the medieval county of Flanders. He has published widely on late medieval popular politics.

Medieval Bruges, c. 850 1550

Edited by

Andrew Brown

Massey University

Jan Dumolyn

Ghent University

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DOI: 10.1017/9781108303842

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Names: Brown, Andrew, 1964 editor. | Dumolyn, Jan, editor.

Title: Medieval Bruges, c. 850 1550 / edited by Andrew Brown, Massey University; Jan Dumolyn, Ghent University.

Description: Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017045622 | ISBN 9781108419659 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Bruges (Belgium) History. | Cities and towns, Medieval Belgium Bruges.

Classification: LCC DH811.B8 M43 2018 | DDC 949.3/12201 dc23

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ISBN 978-1-108-41965-9 Hardback

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In memoriam

Yann Hollevoet

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