Marta Lackowska
30/11/2020
Safe or free?
EURA Conversations Post #14 – 30 Nov 2020
by Marta Lackowska, University of Warsaw, Poland
Safety and freedom have always been qualities expected from and connected to cities. In ancient and medieval times, city walls were a symbol of shelter and protection from external threats. They signaled a territory governed under a rule of well-known law.
Yet, at the same time, since the development of the ancient polis, citi-zens probably expected more freedom in the urban context than in the rural one.… Read the rest