Urbanization in the Oldenburg Monarchy, 1500-1800

Edited by Thomas Riis.

Ten contributions, structured geographically: the central parts of the monarchy, the tropical colonies, the North Atlantic islands. The urbanization did not take place at the same time in the individual parts of the Oldenburg monarchy. In Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark most towns date from the Middle Ages and very few were founded between 1500 and 1800. In the other parts of the monarchy these centuries were the main period of urbanization, in Norway above all, because of the timber industry. Until the middle or the end of the eighteenth century Northern Norway, the North Atlantic provinces (Iceland, Faroes, Greenland) and the Virgin Islands were governed by privileged trading companies. Only when the state took over the government, urbanization began. 176 Seiten mit 10 Tab., 18 Farb- und 11 s/w-Abb., broschiert (Verlag Ludwig 2012)