Interdisciplinarnost u urbanoj povijesti: povijest i perspektive
Interdisciplinarity in urban history: history and perspectives

Author(s): Irena Benyovsky Latin
Subject(s): Historical Geography, Local History / Microhistory, Middle Ages, Methodology and research technology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: urban history; interdisciplinarity; medieval city; medieval studies;
Summary/Abstract: Urban history is a relatively new field within historiography that has been intensively developed within the European historiographies during the last decades, embracing interdisciplinary approach (though the interdisciplinarity should be included in all the historiographical investigations, especially in the field of medieval studies). However, methodologies of investigation of (medieval) city, as a quite complex socio-spatial organism in the wider European context, are still in the defining process, especially within the Croatian historiography. Investigation of urban history includes results and methodological patterns of other disciplines such as art history, geography, linguistics, and/or archeology. In the European historiographies one can even notice and trace formation of a methodological approach that is quite specific for the urban history and includes knowledge of certain specialized techniques such as design and creation of informational databases. This contribution reveals some research examples and discusses position of (medieval) urban history in the European and particularly Croatian historiographical realm, methodologies of investigation and types of used primary sources.

• Details
• Contents