Serving the urban community [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of public facilities in the Low Countries / / edited by Manon van der Heijden ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789753403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Aksant, 2009
• ISBN: 1-283-25975-3; 9786613259752; 90-485-2131-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Classificazione: 15.70
• Altri autori (Persone): HeijdenManon van der <1966->
• Disciplina: 900; 940.2
• Soggetti: Municipal services - Benelux countries - History; Cities and towns - Benelux countries - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-283).
• Nota di contenuto: ""serving the urban community""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction The rise of public facilities in the Low Countries, 1400-1800""; ""Conflict and consensus The allocation of public services in the Low Countries 1500-1800""; ""The emergence of an administrative apparatus in the Dutch towns of Haarlem and Leiden during the late medieval and early modern periods, circa 1430-1570""; ""Towards an economic interpretation of justice? Conflict settlement, social control and civil society in urban Brabant and Mechelen during the late Middle Ages and the early modern period""; ""â€?To the honour of God, for concord and the common goodâ€? Developments in social care and education in Dutch towns (1300-1625)""""Public spending and population growth in Leiden and Utrecht during the Golden Age""; ""Reforming outdoor relief Changes in urban provisions for the poor in the northern and southern Low Countries (c. 1500-1800)""; ""The pillars of a new community Conflicts and cooperation over poor relief in post-Reformation Holland""; ""Fiscalizing solidarity (from below) Poor relief in Antwerp guilds: between community building and public service""; ""Implications of the street Entitlements, duties and conflicts in neighbourhoods in Ghent(17th-18th centuries)""""Law enforcement in Amsterdam Between tradition and modernization""; ""New views and new data on public services in the medieval and early modern Low Countries""; ""Bibliography""; ""On the authors""
• Sommario/riassunto: "This volume explores various aspects of developments in public facilities in the early modern Low Countries. The Low Countries are an excellent case study for this purpose, because of high levels of urbanization and the relevant comparison between the north and the south of the Netherlands"--BOOK JACKET.