Towns in Tudor and Stuart Britain

by Sybil Jack

Overview

Why should one study urban history? Were towns the precipitating element for change in the human way of life? By examining in turn various aspects of urban history in the period 1500-1700 this book attempts to examine recent historical ideas about towns in Britain. Was the urban system in Britain a relative failure or a comparative success? What changes took place in the level of urbanization in Britain? What were the dynamics of change? What explains the appearance of new towns and the decline of once flourishing settlements? Was the growing size of some towns fuelled by new or considerably altered functions? Towns in Tudor and Stuart Britain provides students with a wide range of material on a fascinating subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333610831
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/02/1996
Series:	Social History in Perspective , #23
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: A History Overview Theory and Practice Place, Space and Time
Social Structure and Social Experience in the Town
Urban Wealth and Townsmen's
Wealth Controlling Towns
Religion in the Town
The Town in the Kingdom
The Town and the Region
The Capitals Urbanization
Hierarchy and Network
Conclusions
Index.