Urban Achievement in Early Modern Europe
Subtitle: Golden Ages in Antwerp, Amsterdam and London
Contributors: Patrick O'Brien (Editor); Derek Keene (Editor); Marjolein 't Hart (Editor); Herman van der Wee (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 11, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780521594080
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Economic history; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Historical geography; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Europe; 17th century; History - General History; History: World; Belgium; London, Greater London; Netherlands; Europe - General; Renaissance; Cities and towns--Europe--Growth--History; History / Europe / General; History / Renaissance; History-Renaissance; 16th century; Cities and towns; Economic conditions; Growth; History
First sentence: In 1990 the Renaissance Trust, under the benign leadership of its chairman (Mr Gerry Martin), set up an Academic Committee to recruit and organize networks of scholars to engage in an ongoing series of conferences, meetings, seminars and conversations focused upon 'Achievement in Intellectual and Material Culture in Early Modern Europe'.