Download or read book Urban Europe, 1500-1700 written by Alexander Cowan and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 1998 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the nature and diversity of urban life during the 16th and 17th centuries-- a period of considerable economic, political and social change-- this text stresses the extent to which towns remained distinct from their rural hinterlands.