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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Epstein, Steven, 1952- Medieval discovery of nature. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2012012295 (OCoLC)793221783 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steven Epstein |
| ISBN: | 9781139550017 1139550012 1139554972 9781139554978 9781139207768 1139207768 9781139552523 113955252X |
| OCLC Number: | 810931604 |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Contents: | Cover; THE MEDIEVAL DISCOVERY OF NATURE; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE DISCOVERY OF NATURE; FINDING MEDIEVAL NATURE; THE EXPERIENCE OF NATURE; GRAFTING; PIERO DE CRESCENZI AND HIS SOURCES; ST. FRANCIS; 2 THE INVENTION OF MULES; MULES IN EARLY DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS; MEDIEVAL REFERENCE WORKS ON MULES; THE PARENTS OF MULES; 3 LIKE PRODUCES LIKE; CREATION AND BEYOND; ANCIENT INHERITABILITY REAPPEARS; THE JEWS AND INHERITABILITY; OTHER THEORIES OF INHERITABILITY; 4 THE NATURE OF PROPERTY; PRIVATE PROPERTY. MAKING A WILLUSURY; REASONS NOT TO WORK; 5 THE NATURE OF DISASTER; A NATURAL DISASTER MODEL; A TEST CASE IN SAVOY; GENOESE DISASTERS; PLAGUE; PERIL AND RISK IN NATURE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ARCHIVAL SOURCES; PRIMARY SOURCES IN PRINT; SECONDARY WORKS; INDEX. |
| Responsibility: | Steven A. Epstein. |
Abstract:
This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium.
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