The rise of cities revisited : Reflections on Adriaan Verhulst's vision of urban genesis and developments in the medieval Low Countries / edited by Bram Vannieuwenhuyze & Reinout Rutte.

Intro
1. Introduction. Bram Vannieuwenhuyze
2. Adriaan Verhulst. Urban Historian and his 'The Rise of Cities' Contextualized. Marc Boone
3. Markets and Ports. Models for the Origin and Growth of Medieval Towns in Northwest Europe. Marcel IJsselstijn
4. Orality, Written Record and Political Contract in the Earliest Borough Charters for Flemish Local Communities (Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries). Els De Paermentier and Jan Dumolyn

5. The Rise of Markets and Centres of Industry. Revisiting Adriaan Verhulst's Views on the Economic Development of Cities and Towns in the Southern Low Countries. Bart Lambert and Adam Hall
6. Mapping Three Towns in Four Reference Years. The Dynamics of Late Medieval Urban Development Seen from an Archaeological Perspective. Arnold Carmiggelt, Ranjith Jayasena, Ronald van Genabeek & Roos van Oosten
7. Urban Space and Urban Community. Some Remarks on Social Topography and the Sociospatial Structuring of Medieval Towns in the Low Countries. Ward Leloup and Mathijs Speecke

8. The Material 'Rise of Cities'. Stone and Brick Houses in the Low Countries before c. 1350: a First Step towards a Building-Archaeological Overview. Gabri van Tussenbroek
9. Reflections and Mediations. A View from the Edge. Keith D. Lilley
10. Appendix. Bibliography on the Origins, Genesis and Spatial Developments of Individual Cities and Towns in the Medieval Low Countries. Reinout Rutte, Bram Vannieuwenhuyze and Marcel IJsselstijn
Index