id
	16135
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/16135
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	The Emergence of Concentrated Settlements in Medieval Western Europe: Explanatory Frameworks in the Historiography
Creator
	Curtis, Daniel R.
Date
	2013
Language
	eng
Abstract
	There is now a general scholarly consensus that the concentration of rural people into settlements in Western Europe (as opposed to dispersed or scattered habitations across the countryside) occurred in various stages between the eighth and twelfth centuries, though with regional divergences in precise timing, speed, formation, and intensity. What is clear from the literature is that a “one-size fits all” model for settlement development across Western Europe is not possible. Concentrated settlements appeared in certain parts of Europe for different reasons. This article discusses the strengths and limitations of four of the most influential frameworks for explaining patterns of medieval settlement concentration and their relation to social and economic change. The frameworks under analysis emphasize, respectively, power, coercion and lordship; communalism and territorial formalization; field systems and resource management; and urbanization and market-integration.
Is Part Of
	Canadian Journal of History
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.3138/cjh.48.2.223
Issn
	0008-4107, 2292-8502
Issue
	2
Pages
	223-251
Short title
	The Emergence of Concentrated Settlements in Medieval Western Europe
Volume
	48
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/9K3AM3CB/item-list

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