《Origins of the French Bastides》

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来源
JOURNAL OF URBAN HISTORY,Vol.44,Issue3,P.421-456
语言
英文
关键字
bastides; Languedoc; counts of Toulouse; new towns; charters
作者单位
[Barrett, Catherine Jean] Univ Oklahoma, Coll Architecture, Architecture, Norman, OK 73019 USA. Barrett, CJ (reprint author), Univ Oklahoma, Coll Architecture, Gould Hall,830 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK 73019 USA. E-Mail: cjbarrett@ou.edu
摘要
The bastides of Languedoc form a significant sector of medieval urban history, yet their descriptions are often clouded by conflicting opinions and anachronistic views. This article aims to clarify some of the confusion about the word bastide through an etymological study and examination of charters in which the word was first used to designate new towns. The economic and political contexts preceding the bastide foundations are equally important. The bastides did not appear in southwestern France as an ex novo phenomenon ; rather, they followed on the heels of experiments in residential development and in a monetary economy that had been ongoing for two centuries by the counts of Toulouse.