Pre-modern Towns at the Times of Catastrophes

Exploring pre-modern towns at the times of catastrophes in the territory of today's Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary this book outlines what this evidence can tell us about life in pre-modern eastern Europe. Providing students and scholars of urban history and the history of disaster with a new geographic angle to their studies. This book covers all types of catastrophes from high mortality due to various natural disasters, such as epidemics, earthquakes, fire or floods, or face economic decline due to changes in trade routes. Certain political changes, typically accompanied by war, also had a fatal effect on urban people. Enabling students to see what the evidence of catastrophes and its aftermath looks like and what it can tell us about premodern urban society. This volume focuses on all mentioned types of urban disasters in the Middle Ages and Early Modern times engaging interdisciplinary perspectives from history, archaeology, demography and historical geography. Providing students and scholars of other disciplines with new ways to see and understand the evidence.