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Author:   Laurentiu Radvan
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   7
Weight:   1.106kg
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9789004180109

ISBN 10:   9004180109
Pages:   618
Publication Date:   28 January 2010
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Format:   Hardback
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CONTENTS Acknowledgments ....................................................................... xi Abbreviations .............................................................................. xiii List of rulers until c. 1550 ......................................................... xv List of illustrations and maps ..................................................... xvii Introduction ................................................................................ 1 PART ONE: MEDIEVAL TOWNS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Chapter One. Towns in the Kingdom of Poland .................... 27 Emergence and organization .................................................. 27 Population, society and economy ........................................... 39 Topography ............................................................................. 46 Case studies: Wroclaw and Krakow ...................................... 47 Chapter Two. Towns in the Kingdom of Hungary ................. 53 Emergence and organization .................................................. 53 Population, society and economy ........................................... 61 Toponymy and topography .................................................... 65 Case studies ............................................................................. 67 Chapter Three. Towns South of the Danube .......................... 87 Towns in Serbia, Bosnia and on the Dalmatian coast .......... 87 Towns in Bulgaria ................................................................... 104 PART TWO: TOWNS IN WALLACHIA Chapter One. Urbanization ...................................................... 115 Background ............................................................................. 115 The emergence of towns ........................................................ 133 Terminology ............................................................................ 143 Main residences of the prince ................................................ 170 The targs .................................................................................. 171 Chapter Two. Institutional, social, ethnic and economic structures ................................................................................. 183 Administration, law, and relations with the ruler .................. 183 The town domain ................................................................... 202 Social and ethnic structures ................................................... 206 Economy ................................................................................. 223 Chapter Three. Case studies ..................................................... 243 Arges 243, Braila 248, Bucharest 255, Buzau 261, Campulung 264, Craiova 271, Floci 275, Gherghita 277, Ocna Mare 280, Pitesti 282, Ramnic 286, Ramnicul Sarat 291, Slatina 293, Targoviste 295, Targsor 303, Targul Jiului 306 PART THREE: TOWNS IN MOLDAVIA Chapter One. Urbanization ...................................................... 311 Background ............................................................................. 311 The emergence of towns ........................................................ 323 Terminology ............................................................................ 371 Main residences of the prince ................................................ 381 The targs .................................................................................. 383 Chapter Two. Institutional, social, ethnic and economic structures ................................................................................. 393 Administration, law, and relations with the ruler .................. 393 The town domain ................................................................... 418 Social and ethnic structures ................................................... 421 Economy ................................................................................. 431 Chapter Three. Case studies ..................................................... 451 Adjud 451, Bacau 453, Baia 458, Barlad 465, Botosani 469, Cernauti 471, Cetatea Alba 473, Cotnari 484, Dorohoi 487, Falciu 489, Galati 490, Harlau 491, Hotin 495, Husi 497, Iasi 501, Kilia 506, Lapusna 514, Milcovia and Putna 514, Neamt 517, Orhei 520, Piatra lui Craciun 522, Roman 525, Siret 529, Soroca 533, Suceava 534, Targul Frumos 541, Tecuci 542, Tighina 543, Trotus 544, Vaslui 547 Conclusions ................................................................................. 551 Short Glossary ............................................................................ 557 Bibliography ................................................................................ 559 Index ........................................................................................... 595

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...le livre de L. Radvan represente la premiere synthese sur la genese du phenomene urbain dans les pays roumains, une synthese qui ne manque pas de points de vue nouveaux sur des problemes difficiles et controversees... Andrei Timotin, Journal of South-East European Studies, Vol. XLIX, 2011

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Laurentiu Radvan, Ph.D. (2003) in History, University Al. I. Cuza Iasi, 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: Orasele din Tara Romaneasca pana la sfarsitul sec. XVI, Iasi, 2004; Orasul din spatiul romanesc intre Orient si Occident. Tranzitia de la medievalitate la modernitate, volume of studies, Iasi, 2007.

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