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The Medieval Discovery of Nature
Steven A. Epstein
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Description for The Medieval Discovery of Nature
hardcover. This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. Num Pages: 217 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; PDX; PS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496. 250 pages, 1 b/w illus. This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; PDX; PS. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight: 496.
This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural history. These conflicting legacies shaped medieval European ideas about the natural order and what economic, moral and biological lessons it might teach. This book analyzes five themes found in medieval views of nature – grafting, breeding mules, original sin, property rights and disaster – to understand what some medieval people found in ... Read more
This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural history. These conflicting legacies shaped medieval European ideas about the natural order and what economic, moral and biological lessons it might teach. This book analyzes five themes found in medieval views of nature – grafting, breeding mules, original sin, property rights and disaster – to understand what some medieval people found in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107026452
SKU
V9781107026452
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About Steven A. Epstein
Steven A. Epstein is the Ahmanson–Murphy Distinguished Professor of Medieval History at the University of Kansas. He is the author of numerous articles and six books, including Genoa and the Genoese, 958–1528, Speaking of Slavery: Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy and An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000–1500.
Reviews for The Medieval Discovery of Nature
"Recommened." -Choice "Epstein is a deeply erudite scholar, at home in the main medieval canon of theology, natural philosophy, literature, and law, as well as in obscure but illuminating texts from later medieval Italy, especially Genoa." -Richard C. Hoffmann, Journal of Interdisciplinary History