Book contents
- Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy
- Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Terms and Measurements
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- 1 Urban Gardens and Gardeners
- 2 Patterns and Changes
- 3 The Shape of the Phenomenon
- 4 Alliances and Exchanges
- 5 Values and Ideals
- 6 Conspicuous Cultivation
- 7 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
Book contents
- Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy
- Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Terms and Measurements
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- 1 Urban Gardens and Gardeners
- 2 Patterns and Changes
- 3 The Shape of the Phenomenon
- 4 Alliances and Exchanges
- 5 Values and Ideals
- 6 Conspicuous Cultivation
- 7 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This is a brief consideration of the cities of early medieval Italy and the role of urbanism in social and political forms. It summarises the main discoveries and claims of the book, situating the strands of research within different disciplinary contexts and in terms of broader questions about the early medieval past.
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- Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy , pp. 222 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021