Empty, abandoned or covered with vegetation – such areas were inherent to the medieval urban space, yet remain overlooked in research. Here, we describe three major types of ‘empty’ space of various origins and functions in Central European towns and suggest how these types can be investigated and interpreted through an interdisciplinary approach combining archaeological, written, pictorial and cartographical sources. We propose a simple interdisciplinary protocol to trace empty spaces in the urban context. This study will help to change our perception of medieval urban space into one that is more dynamic and heterogeneous than commonly believed.

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跨学科视角下中欧中世纪城镇的“空旷”空间

空旷、废弃或被植被覆盖——这些区域是中世纪城市空间固有的，但在研究中仍然被忽视。在这里，我们描述了中欧城镇中不同起源和功能的三种主要类型的“空”空间，并建议如何通过结合考古、书面、图片和制图资源的跨学科方法来调查和解释这些类型。我们提出了一个简单的跨学科协议来追踪城市环境中的空白空间。这项研究将有助于改变我们对中世纪城市空间的看法，使其比通常认为的更具活力和异质性。