070082 PS BA-Proseminar - Families, Kinships and Social Groups in East-Central European Urban Context (2019W)

This class offers a broad introduction to scholarly debates, different methodological approaches and current research trends at the intersection of urban and social history, focusing on several thematic aspects of high and late medieval Central and East-Central European regions. Against this background, the course aims at the critical analysis and common discussion of selected publications (articles, chapters from monographs, and published sources) and the individual presentations of the seminar participants. On the one hand, the readings deal with the criteria of urbanity, medieval urban development, similarities and regional peculiarities. On the other hand, the discussion focuses on the different legal, administrative, economic, religious, ethnic and social dimensions of community (and community building), as well as the practical aspects of communal life in medieval (early modern) urban context.
Teaching language: English (and German)