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Author:   Terry Slater
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138272859

ISBN 10:   113827285
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   30 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; What is urban decline: desolation, decay and destruction, or an opportunity? T. R. Slater and James P. P. Higgins; Late Roman and Early Medieval Decline: Change and decline in Romano-British towns, Neil Faulkner; Construction and deconstruction: reconstructing the late Roman townscape, Neil Christie; Urban failures in late Antique Gaul, S. T. Loseby; Wroxeter and the transformation of late Roman urbanism, Roger White; The decline of the Wic?, R. A. Hall; Urban development and decline on the central Danube, 100-1600, Peter Csendes; Late Medieval Urban Decline: Decolonisation and the dynamics of urban decline in Ireland, 1300-1550, Howard B. Clarke; The rise and fall of the medieval town in Wales, Kenneth Murphy; Archaeology and the late medieval urban decline, Grenville Astill; Decline or decay? Urban landscapes in late medieval England, Keith D. Lilley; ’Urban decline’ in England, 1377-1525, Alan Dyer; The political economy of urban decline in the Renaissance, Samuel K. Cohn; Index.

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'...significant and welcome.' Antiquaries Journal 'The essays in this collection represent a welcome contribution to the often sterile, if still hotly contested, debate on urban decline in the middle ages.... All of the essays have something new to offer...' History, Vol. 87 '... an enjoyable read... a splendid and stimulating corpus of papers.' Landscape History

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