Is it easy to be a city dweller? How Antiquity and the Middle Ages laid down the rules of life in cities
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An fascinating book about how the first cities were formed and how their perception by residents changed: from closed fortresses to communities without clear boundaries.
The city is always considered as an integral system, where one element complements another, becoming a unified whole: city + power + residents + money + land +... These are not just puzzle pieces put together, because the city is a multidimensional structure where time, space, history, people, and... the game of life interact. What we now consider mandatory and familiar has emerged thanks to centuries of refinement not so much of walls, but of human relationships, and this story is still being written.
- Were there cemeteries in ancient cities?
- What could get you expelled from a city in Ancient Egypt?
- Why were gold coins a sign of hard times in Ancient Greece?
- How did medieval hospitals become labor exchanges and why were the poor divided into "ours" and "strangers"?
- How did the Teutonic Knights invest in urban development?
Since people started gathering more closely, they felt the need to establish special principles of behavior to make coexistence more understandable and manageable. It was necessary to agree on a common set of rules in order to protect private interests and not contradict public ones, not to violate other people's boundaries and not to create inconvenience, so that the interests of your neighbors would be respected as much as your own. Of course, politics, economics, culture, and society also had their influence.
This book will tell you exactly how modern metropolises were formed, when living in them became a privilege, and what it means to be a city dweller in general: both in the Middle Ages and in our time.
Irina Green is an honorary worker of higher professional education of the Russian Federation, a candidate of architecture, an associate professor, a member of the Union of Architects of Russia, a corresponding member of the Academy of Architectural Heritage. She teaches at the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (NIU MGSU), the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, an associate professor at the Department of Fundamentals of Architecture and Art Communications. For twelve years she headed the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of TOGU. She taught as a visiting professor at INHA University, Republic of Korea. Author of more than 80 scientific publications and co-author of four monographs.
The city is always considered as an integral system, where one element complements another, becoming a unified whole: city + power + residents + money + land +... These are not just puzzle pieces put together, because the city is a multidimensional structure where time, space, history, people, and... the game of life interact. What we now consider mandatory and familiar has emerged thanks to centuries of refinement not so much of walls, but of human relationships, and this story is still being written.
- Were there cemeteries in ancient cities?
- What could get you expelled from a city in Ancient Egypt?
- Why were gold coins a sign of hard times in Ancient Greece?
- How did medieval hospitals become labor exchanges and why were the poor divided into "ours" and "strangers"?
- How did the Teutonic Knights invest in urban development?
Since people started gathering more closely, they felt the need to establish special principles of behavior to make coexistence more understandable and manageable. It was necessary to agree on a common set of rules in order to protect private interests and not contradict public ones, not to violate other people's boundaries and not to create inconvenience, so that the interests of your neighbors would be respected as much as your own. Of course, politics, economics, culture, and society also had their influence.
This book will tell you exactly how modern metropolises were formed, when living in them became a privilege, and what it means to be a city dweller in general: both in the Middle Ages and in our time.
Irina Green is an honorary worker of higher professional education of the Russian Federation, a candidate of architecture, an associate professor, a member of the Union of Architects of Russia, a corresponding member of the Academy of Architectural Heritage. She teaches at the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (NIU MGSU), the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, an associate professor at the Department of Fundamentals of Architecture and Art Communications. For twelve years she headed the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of TOGU. She taught as a visiting professor at INHA University, Republic of Korea. Author of more than 80 scientific publications and co-author of four monographs.
Author:
Author:Irina Green
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Romance & Love
Publication language:
Publication Language:russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21x15.5x3.2 cm
Series:
Series:Gift editions. Architecture
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
Product type:
Product type:partial varnish
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-115988-7
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