The Evolution of Scotland’s Towns : : Creation, Growth and Fragmentation / / Patricia Dennison.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Dennison, Patricia,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 75 B/W illustrations 25 colour illustrations

A wide-ranging history of Scotland’s towns from their earliest foundations to the turn of the 21st CenturyThis pioneering book tells the story of urban development in Scotland over the course of a millennium, drawing on original research into more than thirty towns, from the smallest settlements to major cities. The changes in urban society came at different times and at different paces for most towns and many had to withstand crisis after crisis. The overall evolution of urban life, in its different guises, is explored throughout the book.Beautifully illustrated and blending archaeological, cartographic and geographic resources, the study also examines the lives of people who lived in Scotland’s towns and cities to give the reader a vivid impression of the times and a clear understanding of how these urban developments came to be. The book also considers urban heritage and asks what we have lost and may continue to lose through neglect and fragmentation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Image Credits -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Medieval Towns -- 2 Daily Life in the Middle Ages -- 3 Medieval Faith and the Church -- 4 Encroachment on Burgh Society, 1550–1750 -- 5 Man-made and Natural Disasters, 1550–1750 -- 6 The Birth of Urban Scotland -- 7 The Victorian Town -- 8 The Twentieth Century -- Post-script: Footprints to Fragmentation -- Appendix: Population Statistics – a Select List -- Bibliography -- Index