Early Modern Streets

A European Perspective. Early Modern Streets provides a comprehensive overview of European urban society between 1450 and 1800 and tackles key questions on how this society was shaped and changed over time. This book addresses important historiographical controversies on order, power, and control, on the relationship between popular and elite culture, and on the appropriation of urban space. It encourages students to reflect critically upon the impact of fundamental changes in early modern society such as the growing role of the state, urbanisation, the disciplining process, and the rise of the public sphere. Early Modern Streets moves