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Infrastructure and Centrality in Town during Annual Fairs: Three Polish Examples (1385-1655)
Städtische Infrastruktur und Zentralität während der Jahrmärkte: Drei polnische Beispiele (1385-1655)
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to reflect on how annual fairs challenged the urban spatialities of trade in medieval and old-regime towns. It is also to pose the question of centrality under the point of view of both the centrality of commercial towns in regional and international networks and the urban c... mehr
The aim of this paper is to reflect on how annual fairs challenged the urban spatialities of trade in medieval and old-regime towns. It is also to pose the question of centrality under the point of view of both the centrality of commercial towns in regional and international networks and the urban centrality of spaces dedicated to trade activities. The study is based on the example of three towns of Greater Poland in the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period. Focusing on trade facilities and on the management of the city space during annual fairs (extraordinary times in the life of cities, when the guild monopoly was suspended and many foreign merchants and ordinary people were gathering in the city), the aim here is to analyse the way in which urban authorities handled the organisation of such big endeavours and how the city space was managed, valorised, and utilized.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Stadt; Mittelalter; frühe Neuzeit; Polen; Kommunalverwaltung; Messe; Handel
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Greater Poland; trade infrastructure; urban space; markets; Poznań; Gniezno; Kalisz; Centrality; 1385-1655
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 186-211
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 47 (2022) 2
Heftthema
Transforming Cities, Negotiating Centrality: Markets and Civic Buildings in Comparative Perspective (XVth c. - XXth c.) (Forum)
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)