The Power of Urban Water: Studies in Premodern Urbanism

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2020

The Power of Urban Water

Studies in Premodern Urbanism

Edited by: Nicola Chiarenza , Annette Haug and Ulrich Müller

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110677065

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Water is a global resource for modern societies - and water was a global resource for pre-modern societies. The many different water systems serving processes of urbanisation and urban life in ancient times and the Middle Ages have hardly been researched until now. The numerous contributions to this volume pose questions such as what the basic cultural significance of water was, the power of water, in the town and for the town, from different points of view. Symbolic, aesthetic, and cult aspects are taken up, as is the role of water in politics, society, and economy, in daily life, but also in processes of urban planning or in urban neighbourhoods. Not least, the dangers of polluted water or of flooding presented a challenge to urban society.

The contributions in this volume draw attention to the complex, manifold relations between water and human beings. This collection presents the results of an international conference in Kiel in 2018. It is directed towards both scholars in ancient and mediaeval studies and all those interested in the diversity of water systems in urban space in ancient and mediaeval times.

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Nicola Chiarenza, Annette Haug, Ulrich Müller, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Introduction Urban Water Annette Haug and Ulrich Müller Open Access Download PDF	1
2. From Nature to Topography Water in the Cities of Roman Northern Italy Patric-Alexander Kreuz Open Access Download PDF	13
3. Fountains and the Ancient City Social Interactions, Practical Uses, and Pleasant Sights Nicolas Lamare Open Access Download PDF	31
4. Water, Social Space and Architecture at Selinous: the Case of the Urban Sanctuary Nicola Chiarenza Open Access Download PDF	51
5. Fountains and Basins in Greek Sanctuaries On the Relationship Between Ritual Performance and Architecture Philipp Kobusch Open Access Download PDF	69
6. Water in Early Christian Ritual: Baptism and Baptisteries in Corinth Christiane Zimmermann Open Access Download PDF	85
7. Aquatic Pasts & the Watery Present: Water and Memory in the Fora of Rome Dylan K. Rogers Open Access Download PDF	105
8. Water and Decentring Urbanism in the Roman Period: Urban Materiality, Post-Humanism and Identity Adam Rogers Open Access Download PDF	123
9. Water and Urban Structures in the Narrative Worlds of Courtly Novels − Aesthetic and Symbolic Functions Margit Dahm-Kruse Open Access Download PDF	143
10. Syracusan Water Networks in Antiquity Sophie Bouffier Open Access Download PDF	157
11. Meeting Water Needs as a Major Challenge in an Urban Context Examples from the Danube Region (1300–1600) Elisabeth Gruber Open Access Download PDF	179
12. Ice Jams and their Impact on Urban Communities from a Long-term Perspective (Middle Ages to the 19^th Century) Christian Rohr Open Access Download PDF	197
13. Medieval and Post-Medieval Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Archaeological Evidence from Göttingen and North German Towns Betty Arndt Open Access Download PDF	213
14. Harbourscapes Three Examples from Early to High Medieval Northern Europe Ulrich Müller Open Access Download PDF	229
15. Human Impact on Hydrology Direct and Indirect Consequences of Medieval Urbanisation in Southern Germany Rainer Schreg Open Access Download PDF	249
16. Water as an Economic Resource and as an Environmental Challenge Within the Urbanisation Process of the Rhine Valley in the 13^th Century Gabriel Zeilinger Open Access Download PDF	265
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	271

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Archaeologists, historians, architects, art historians, philogists, urbanists, Sociologists.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 272
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 100
Keywords: Water; Urbanity

eBook

Published: May 5, 2020
ISBN: 9783110677065

Hardcover

Published: May 5, 2020
ISBN: 9783110676648