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Across the Sea : Urban Formation and New House Building Horizons in the South Baltic Realm (c. 1100–1500)

Thomasson, Joakim LU (2024) In Themes in Contemporary Archaeology p.39-56
Abstract
From the end of the twelfth to the fourteenth century, a second wave of towns emerged along the coasts and estuaries of the south Baltic Sea area. During this period, urban communities acquired a high degree of independence. Extensive changes to house building accompanied the development. Timber-framing and masonry emerged as new constructions and became the dominant forms of architecture.

The article explores the connection between these two phenomena, and it argues that the changes in building culture were intertwined with the social conditions of the second urban wave. The different trajectories and impact of the constructions within towns and rural settlements are related to the power of the actors involved in house building,... (More)
From the end of the twelfth to the fourteenth century, a second wave of towns emerged along the coasts and estuaries of the south Baltic Sea area. During this period, urban communities acquired a high degree of independence. Extensive changes to house building accompanied the development. Timber-framing and masonry emerged as new constructions and became the dominant forms of architecture.

The article explores the connection between these two phenomena, and it argues that the changes in building culture were intertwined with the social conditions of the second urban wave. The different trajectories and impact of the constructions within towns and rural settlements are related to the power of the actors involved in house building, while the time-spatial distribution of these constructions can be understood as an outcome of the social organisation of craft. (Less)
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Building Networks : Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas and Materials in Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe - Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas and Materials in Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe
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Themes in Contemporary Archaeology
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Bouwmeester, Jeroen ; Patrick, Laura and Berryman, Duncan L.
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17 pages
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Springer Nature
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2730-745X
2730-7441
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9783031519628
3031519620
978-3-031-51963-5
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10.1007/978-3-031-51963-5_4
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English
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  author       = {{Thomasson, Joakim}},
  booktitle    = {{Building Networks : Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas and Materials in Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe}},
  editor       = {{Bouwmeester, Jeroen and Patrick, Laura and Berryman, Duncan L.}},
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  issn         = {{2730-745X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{39--56}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Nature}},
  series       = {{Themes in Contemporary Archaeology}},
  title        = {{Across the Sea : Urban Formation and New House Building Horizons in the South Baltic Realm (c. 1100–1500)}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51963-5_4}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-031-51963-5_4}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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