Historical geography

The contributors to this volume, originally published in 1962, explain the raison d'etre of their own specialism in history be it archaeology, political, local, economic or social history or historical geography.

Recent years have seen a growing interest in undetermined and unqualified urban spaces.

Recent years have seen a growing interest in undetermined and unqualified urban spaces.

Cities are built over the remnants of their past buried beneath their present.

Cities are built over the remnants of their past buried beneath their present.

Cities, Texts and Social Networks examines the experiences of urban life from late antiquity through the close of the fifteenth century, in regions ranging from late Imperial Rome to Muslim Syria, Iraq and al-Andalus, England, the territories of medieval Francia, Flanders, the Low Countries, Italy and Germany.

Cities, Texts and Social Networks examines the experiences of urban life from late antiquity through the close of the fifteenth century, in regions ranging from late Imperial Rome to Muslim Syria, Iraq and al-Andalus, England, the territories of medieval Francia, Flanders, the Low Countries, Italy and Germany.

Drawing on a body of research covering primarily Europe and the Americas, but stretching also to Asia and Africa, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, this book explores the methodological and heuristic implications of studying cities in relation to one another.

Drawing on a body of research covering primarily Europe and the Americas, but stretching also to Asia and Africa, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, this book explores the methodological and heuristic implications of studying cities in relation to one another.

Why in the pre-industrial period were some settlements resilient and stable over the long term while other settlements were vulnerable to crisis?

Why in the pre-industrial period were some settlements resilient and stable over the long term while other settlements were vulnerable to crisis?

In 1991 the Soviet empire collapsed, at a stroke throwing the certainties of the Cold War world into flux.

In 1991 the Soviet empire collapsed, at a stroke throwing the certainties of the Cold War world into flux.

Heritage and its economies are driven by affective politics and consolidated through emotions such as pride, awe, joy and pain.

Heritage and its economies are driven by affective politics and consolidated through emotions such as pride, awe, joy and pain.

Social and cultural studies are experiencing a 'spatial turn'.

Social and cultural studies are experiencing a 'spatial turn'.

Using literary, epigraphic, numismatic and iconographic sources this book investigates the safety devices that were in place for the protection of the emperor and the city of Rome in the imperial age.

Using literary, epigraphic, numismatic and iconographic sources this book investigates the safety devices that were in place for the protection of the emperor and the city of Rome in the imperial age.

In the last two decades, research on spatial paradigms and practices has gained momentum across disciplines and vastly different periods, including the field of medieval studies.

In the last two decades, research on spatial paradigms and practices has gained momentum across disciplines and vastly different periods, including the field of medieval studies.

Despite the fact that the vast majority of the earth's surface is made up of oceans, there has been surprisingly little work by geographers which critically examines the ocean-space and our knowledge and perceptions of it.

Despite the fact that the vast majority of the earth's surface is made up of oceans, there has been surprisingly little work by geographers which critically examines the ocean-space and our knowledge and perceptions of it.

The history of medieval Germany is still rarely studied in the English-speaking world.

The history of medieval Germany is still rarely studied in the English-speaking world.

Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability.

Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability.

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masalik al-absar, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masalik al-absar, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.

Geographies of Plague Pandemics synthesizes our current understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of plague, Yersinia pestis.

Geographies of Plague Pandemics synthesizes our current understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of plague, Yersinia pestis.

Initially published in 1841 and written in language of the time, this is W.

Initially published in 1841 and written in language of the time, this is W.

The Roads of Roman Italy offers a complete re-evaluation of both the evidence and the interpretation of Roman land transport.

The Roads of Roman Italy offers a complete re-evaluation of both the evidence and the interpretation of Roman land transport.

Typically, cities and nature are perceived as geographic opposites, cities being manufactured social creations, and nature being outside of human construction.

Typically, cities and nature are perceived as geographic opposites, cities being manufactured social creations, and nature being outside of human construction.

First published in 1964, this book examines the Tour of Britain.

First published in 1964, this book examines the Tour of Britain.

The streets of Roman cities have received surprisingly little attention until recently.

The streets of Roman cities have received surprisingly little attention until recently.

First Published in 1995.

First Published in 1995.

First Published in 2000.

First Published in 2000.

First Published in 2000.

First Published in 2000.

This is Volume XII of thirteen in a collection on Urban and Regional Sociology.

This is Volume XII of thirteen in a collection on Urban and Regional Sociology.

First Published in 1998.