Urban society in Early Modern Period - Conclusions
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- Created on: 24-05-18 16:53
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- Urban society in Early Modern Period - Conclusions (according to Penny Roberts)
- Ups and downs of early modern urban life show us that both growth and decline were characteristic
- Relationships between town and country, and town and crown
- Provide essential context for understanding dynamics of urban development
- Impact of economic shifts, locally, nationally and internationally, favoured some towns over others
- including those best able to adapt to changing circumstances of market
- political rather than economic forces were determining factor in growth of many early modern European towns
- Urban elites developed dependent but also symbiotic relationship with territorial rulers and took more vigorous measures to curb activities which challenged prevailing order
- Growing prosperity led to greater disposable income and leisure time for some
- Socio-economic adversity led to increasing tensions and the marginalisation of the poor
- Towns were at forefront of most of major trends of period and continued to be most dynamic component of early modern European society, economically, politically, culturally and socially
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