Contents Lists of figures page viii List of tables IX Notes on the contributors X 1 Introduction. Town and country in Europe, 1300-1800 S. R. EPSTEIN 1 2 Town and country in Sweden, 1450-1650 ROBERT SANDBERG 30 3 Town and country in Holland, 1300-1550 PETER C. M. HOPPENBROUWERS 54 4 Town and country in the Dutch Republic, 1550-1800 MARJOLEIN 'T HART 80 5 Town and country in England, 1300-1570 JAMES A. GALLOWAY 106 6 Town and country in England, 1570-1750 PAUL GLENNIE 132 7 Town and country in the Polish Commonwealth, 1350-1650 ANDRZEJ JANECZEK 156 8 Town and country in the Austrian and Czech lands, 1450-1800 MARKUS GERMAN AND HERBERT KNITTLER 176 9 Town and country in Germany, 1350-1600 TOM SCOTT 202 10 Town and country in Switzerland, 1450-1750 MARTIN KOERNER 229 11 Town and country in France, 1550-1750 THOMAS BRENNAN 250 12 Town and country in Castile, 1400-1650 PABLO SANCHEZ LEON 272 13 Town and country in central and northern Italy, 1400-1800 CARLO MARCO BELFANTI 292 14 Town and country in the kingdom of Naples, 1500-1800 BRIGITTE MARIN 316 Index 332