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An Environmental History of the Middle Ages

Autor John Aberth
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 aug 2012
The Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings.An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of attitudes towards the environment during this period. Humankind’s relationship with the environment shifted gradually over time from a predominantly adversarial approach to something more overtly collaborative, until a series of ecological crises in the late Middle Ages. With the advent of shattering events such as the Great Famine and the Black Death, considered efflorescences of the climate downturn known as the Little Ice Age that is comparable to our present global warming predicament, medieval people began to think of and relate to their natural environment in new and more nuanced ways. They now were made to be acutely aware of the consequences of human impacts upon the environment, anticipating the cyclical, "new ecology" approach of the modern world.
Exploring the entire medieval period from 500 to 1500, and ranging across the whole of Europe, from England and Spain to the Baltic and Eastern Europe, John Aberth focuses his study on three key areas: the natural elements of air, water, and earth; the forest; and wild and domestic animals. Through this multi-faceted lens, An Environmental History of the Middle Ages sheds fascinating new light on the medieval environmental mindset. It will be essential reading for students, scholars and all those interested in the Middle Ages
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415779463
ISBN-10: 0415779464
Pagini: 344
Ilustrații: 25 black & white halftones
Dimensiuni: 155 x 231 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Routledge

Cuprins

Acknowledgements. Illustrations. Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Air, Water, Earth Part 2: Forest Part 3: Beast. Afterword.

Recenzii

"This environmental history shows that our struggles with climate change, environmental pollution, deforestation, pandemics, and many other aspects of nature are not new. Thanks to this timely book, our future decisions can be informed by what people learned over 1000 years ago." - Joyce E. Salisbury, University of Wisconsin Green Bay, USA
"Independent scholar Aberth is a Vermont farmer with a doctorate in medieval history, and he provides information that would enrich any survey course on the European Middle Ages... Recommended. All levels/libraries." - A.C. Reeves, emeritus, Ohio University, CHOICE magazine

Notă biografică

Aberth, John