Innovation and creativity in late medieval and early modern European cities

"Late medieval and early modern cities are often depicted as cradles of artistic creativity and hotbeds of new material culture. Cities in renaissance Italy and in seventeenth and eighteenth-century northwestern Europe are the most obvious cases in point. But, how did this come about? Why did c...

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Contributors: Davids, Carolus A. 1952- (Editor) ; Munck, Bert de 1967- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Farnham [u.a.] Ashgate 2014
In:Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Davids, Karel, Innovation and Creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities] (2015) (Ditcham, Brian G. H.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Flanders / Netherlands / Upper Italy / City / Guild / Technical advancement / Creativity / History 1400-1800
Further subjects:B Benelux countries Intellectual life
B Collection of essays
B Urbanization (Europe, Western) Case studies
B Italy Economic conditions
B Italy Intellectual life
B Technological innovations (Italy) History
B City and town life (Europe, Western) Case studies
B Guilds (Benelux countries) History
B Guilds (Italy) History
B Benelux countries Economic conditions
B Technological innovations (Benelux countries) History
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Summary:"Late medieval and early modern cities are often depicted as cradles of artistic creativity and hotbeds of new material culture. Cities in renaissance Italy and in seventeenth and eighteenth-century northwestern Europe are the most obvious cases in point. But, how did this come about? Why did cities rather than rural environments produce new artistic genres, new products and new techniques? How did pre-industrial cities evolve into centres of innovation and creativity? As the most urbanized regions of continental Europe in this period, Italy and the Low Countries provide a rich source of case studies, as the contributors to this volume demonstrate. They set out to examine the relationship between institutional arrangements and regulatory mechanisms such as citizenship and guild rules and innovation and creativity in late medieval and early modern cities. They analyze whether, in what context and why regulation or deregulation influenced innovation and creativity, and what the impact was of long-term changes in the political and economic sphere"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1472439872