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The Urban Graveyard

The Urban Graveyard PDF Author: Roos van Oosten
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ISBN: 9789088905049
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Book Description
It is commonly believed that in medieval and post-medieval towns and cities death outnumbered births and that these urban centres could only survive through the influx of migrants; a concept which has come to be known as the urban graveyard effect. Whether this was indeed the case for all cities and towns is still debated, but it is certain that urban citizens were more used to death that we are today. The medieval graveyards in which the deceased were interred, then still located within town limits, are an invaluable source of knowledge for reconstructing past lives. Systematic archaeological.