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POPULATIONS IN MEDIEVAL CITIES

POPULATIONS IN MEDIEVAL CITIES. Inna Guzenfeld Christine Bourgeois. LARGEST CITY POPULATIONS IN THOUSANDS. MEDIEVAL CITIES LARGE AND SMALL. RISING CITIES. Paris 25 th largest > 1 st largest Naples 11 th largest > 2 nd largest Milan not in the picture > 3 rd largest Granada

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POPULATIONS IN MEDIEVAL CITIES

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  1. POPULATIONS IN MEDIEVAL CITIES Inna Guzenfeld Christine Bourgeois

  2. LARGEST CITY POPULATIONS IN THOUSANDS

  3. MEDIEVAL CITIES LARGE AND SMALL

  4. RISING CITIES Paris • 25th largest > 1st largest Naples • 11th largest > 2nd largest Milan • not in the picture > 3rd largest Granada • 15th largest > 5th largest Lisbon • 29th largest > 7th largest Florence • 30th largest > 11th largest

  5. FALLING CITIES Palermo • 2nd largest > 12th largest Seville • 3rd largest > 22nd largest Cordova • 1st largest > out of the picture Salerno • 4th largest > out of the picture

  6. FACTORS IN POPULATION GROWTH • Rural orientation of Medieval ruling class • Commerce • The rise of the bourgeoisie • Black Plague (1347-1350) • Gradual shift of European economy northward • Economic prosperity (and lack thereof) • Absolutist regimes

  7. SOURCES • DeLong, Bradford J., & Shleifer, A. (1993). Princes and merchants: European city growth before the industrial revolution. Journal of Law and Economics, 36.2, 671-702. • http://www.york.ac.uk/teaching/history/pjpg/cities.jpg

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