Innovation and Creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities

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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Preface
1 Innovation and Creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities: an Introduction
2 The Cities of Glass: Privileges and Innovations in Early Modern Europe
3 Craft Guild Legislation and Woollen Production: the Florentine Arte della Lana
4 New Products and Technological Innovation in the Silk Industry of Vicenza
5 To Kill Two Birds with One Stone: Keeping Immigrants in by Granting Free Burghership in Early Modern Antwerp
6 The Secret Perfume: Technology and the Organization of Soap Production in Northern Italy
7 Textiles Manufacturing, Product Innovations and Transfers of Technology in Padua and Venice
8 The Spatial Side of Innovation: the Local Organization of Cultural Production in the Dutch Republic
9 Beyond Exclusivism: Entrance Fees for Guilds in the Early Modern Low Countries
10 The Coopers’ Guilds in Holland, c. 1650–1720: a Market Logic?
11 The Early Modern Antwerp Coopers’ Guild: from a Contract-enforcing Organization to an Empty Box?
12 The Paradox of the Antwerp Rose: Symbol of Decline or Token of Craftsmanship?
13 Harbouring Urban Creativity: the Antwerp Art Academy in the Tension
14 Innovation in the Capital City: Central Policies, Markets and Migrant Skills in Neapolitan Ceramic Manufacturing
15 Innovations, Growth and Mobility in the Secondary Sector of Trieste
Bibliography
Index