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Henri Pirenne; trans. J. V. Saunders.
Early Democracies in the Low Countries: Urban Society and Political Conflict in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Published New York: Harper & Row, 1963 (originally issued under the title Belgian Democracy, 1915).
Series: Harper Torchbooks: Academy Library.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer not stated.
Size: 136x202x15mm.
Page count: xxviii,250pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: covers grubby and scuffed, with wear to the edges and corners, spine a little skewed but not heavily creased; some ink stains to the lower edges of the pages, interior not affected; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £5.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 285g.

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Contents: Beginnings of towns; Growth of urban institutions; Economics of the town; Towns under govt. of the patriciate; Rise of the commons; Towns under democratic govt.; Urban democracies & the state; Towns during the Renaissance; — during the Reformation; — in the 17th c.

Introduction: by John H. Mundy, 18pp
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: pp
Index: yes


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