1. POPULATIONS IN MEDIEVAL CITIES Inna Guzenfeld Christine Bourgeois

2. LARGEST CITY POPULATIONS IN THOUSANDS

3. MEDIEVAL CITIES LARGE AND SMALL

4. RISING CITIES Paris 25 th largest > 1 st largest Naples 11 th largest > 2 nd largest Milan not in the picture > 3 rd largest Granada 15 th largest > 5 th largest Lisbon 29 th largest > 7 th largest Florence 30 th largest > 11 th largest

5. FALLING CITIES Palermo 2 nd largest > 12 th largest Seville 3 rd largest > 22 nd largest Cordova 1 st largest > out of the picture Salerno 4 th largest > out of the picture

6. FACTORS IN POPULATION GROWTH Rural orientation of Medieval ruling class Commerce The rise of the bourgeoisie Black Plague (1347-1350) Gradual shift of European economy northward Economic prosperity (and lack thereof) Absolutist regimes

7. SOURCES DeLong, Bradford J., & Shleifer, A. (1993). Princes and merchants: European city growth before the industrial revolution. Journal of Law and Economics, 36.2, 671-702. http://www.york.ac.uk/teaching/history /pjpg/cities.jpg