Constructing a sense of community in rapidly growing European cities in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries
Community in European cities in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7793417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wim Blockmans (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 222 |
| Pages | 575-587 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2010.00553.x |
| PMID | 20879173 |
| OpenAlex | W1955531777 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The rapid growth of cities from the eleventh to the thirteenth century raises the question of how a sense of community was created among inhabitants who were migrants from disparate backgrounds. Before urban institutions and legislation emerged, informal social structures based on trust networks appear to have fostered socialization and an adaptation to new ways of life. Travelling merchants created various kinds of associations which were at the origins of the sworn communes. The merchants' guilds also strove to protect citizens on their travels. The growth of the cities led to the need to institutionalize these functions
Eleventh · Legislation · Political science · Sense of community · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |