IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 318: Water and Town in the Late Middle Ages
Monday 10 July 2006, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Universidad de Sevilla / Universidad de Valladolid |
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| Organisers: | Hipolito Rafael Oliva Herrer, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Universidad de Sevilla Maria Isabel del Val Valdivieso, Departamento de Historia Antigua y Medieval, Universidad de Valladolid |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ben Dodds, Department of History, Durham University |
| Paper 318-a | L'eau et la ville: le cas de la vallée mosane au bas moyen âge (Language: Français) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Economics - Urban, Social History |
| Paper 318-b | Water and Town in Northern Castile in the Late Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Economics - Urban, Social History |
| Paper 318-c | L' approvisionnement en eau dans les villes castillanes au bas Moyen Âge (Language: Français) |
| Abstract | The problem of water was an essential feature of any late medieval town. Apart from the obvious but unavoidable question of human consumption, water was related to the main lines that structure medieval urban society, such us production, sociability, and social distinction. As a result, water was a dynamysing factor of urban society, and a continual source of urban conflicts. Local councils, which developed active water politics in order to acquire legitimacy, regulated most of these questions. The aim of this session is to make a comparative analysis of the politics of water, with reference to the Flemish and Castilian urban societies of the Late Middle Ages. |