CITIES OF STRANGERS

Cities of Strangers illuminates life in European towns and cities as it was for the settled, and for the 'strangers' or newcomers wh o joined them between 1000 and 1500. Some city-states enjoyed considerable autonomy which allowed them to legislate on how newcomers might settle and become citizens in support of a common good. Such communities invited bankers, merchants, physicians, notaries and judges to settle and help produce good urban living. Dynastic rulers also shaped immigration, often inviting groups from afar to se ttle and...[Read more]