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Whose City Is This? Hucksters, Domestic Servants, Wet‐Nurses, Prostitutes, and Slaves in Late Medieval Western Mediterranean Urban Society
Author(s) -
Mummey Kevin,
Reyerson Kathryn
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2011.00814.x
Subject(s) - mediterranean climate , geography , middle ages , population , northern italy , western europe , socioeconomics , civil servants , ancient history , ethnology , history , political science , demography , archaeology , sociology , business , law , politics , european union , economic policy
Medieval urban studies have evolved more rapidly in some areas of Europe than in others. Mediterranean Europe (with the exception of Italy) has been slower to focus on urban society than northern polities such as England. However, in the last 30 years, the exploration of the urban population and marginal groups has been expanding. This article examines the experience of the latter in later medieval Mediterranean Europe under the categories of hucksters, wet‐nurses, and domestic servants; prostitution; and slavery, with a particular interest in their impact on the topography of the medieval city.