This volume explores the relationships and interactions between medieval urban populations and their rural counterparts across north western Europe from the sev

An introduction to the life of towns and cities in the medieval period, this book shows how medieval towns grew to become important centers of trade and liberty

First published in 2005. This original study the author writing in 1936 has tried to sketch the character and general movement of the economic and social evolut

This 2001 book was the first survey of relations between town and country across Europe between 1300 and 1800.

Twenty-three contributions by leading archaeologists from across Europe explore the varied forms, functions and significances of fortified settlements in the 8t