title: Urban Migration in the Later Middle Ages
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Mayer, Markus
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-10-25T17:05:46Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-10-25T17:05:46Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Mayer M. Urban Migration in the Later Middle Ages. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2019, vol. 64, iss. 3, рp. 980–995.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2019.310
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16431
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article deals with migration to urban centers in the late Middle Ages. Contrary to still
  existing popular views, medieval society was marked by a high degree of mobility in social
  and geographic terms. This was especially the case for urban centers. Due to a number of
  demographic reasons, such as low birth rates and high death rates, medieval cities depended
  on a constant influx of people from the outside for long-term growth and prosperity. This
  turns migration into one of the key phenomena to understand medieval urban society. At
  the same time, it is often difficult to identify migrants, especially from the lower classes of
  society. The sources give us only a limited number of indications of the origin and individual
  migration history of the urban population. This article gains insight into different forms of
  research into medieval urban migration history. It presents an overview of the different types
  of sources, the information they can provide, and the remaining problems and limitations.
  Tax lists or Bürgerbücher can shed light on the origins of the inhabitants of a city. Criminal
  registers or notary acts can help us to gain knowledge about the individual migration history
  of the people mentioned, and new methodologies in archaeology can provide further valuable
  hints. With the help of some examples from recent research, this text outlines the available
  options to get an insight into one of the most important phenomena of late medieval urban
  society. However, the problems related to dealing with urban medieval migration should not
  be forgotten. Information is often scarce, and our knowledge remains in many cases limited,
  especially, concerning lower layers of society. In addition, a certain city was only one step in a
  longer migration history of the individual. People often moved back and forth, bringing new
  ideas and techniques with them.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 64; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Later Middle Ages
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: city
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: town
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: migration
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: demography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mobility
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Social History
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Urban Migration in the Later Middle Ages
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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