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An Environmental History of Medieval Europe (Paperback, New title) Loot Price: R814
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An Environmental History of Medieval Europe (Paperback, New title): Richard Hoffmann

An Environmental History of Medieval Europe (Paperback, New title)

Richard Hoffmann

Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks

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How did medieval Europeans use and change their environments, think about the natural world, and try to handle the natural forces affecting their lives? This groundbreaking environmental history examines medieval relationships with the natural world from the perspective of social ecology, viewing human society as a hybrid of the cultural and the natural. Richard Hoffmann's interdisciplinary approach sheds important light on such central topics in medieval history as the decline of Rome, religious doctrine, urbanization and technology, as well as key environmental themes, among them energy use, sustainability, disease and climate change. Revealing the role of natural forces in events previously seen as purely human, the book explores issues including the treatment of animals, the 'tragedy of the commons', agricultural clearances and agrarian economies. By introducing medieval history in the context of social ecology, it brings the natural world into historiography as an agent and object of history itself.

General

Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
Release date: April 2014
First published: April 2014
Authors: Richard Hoffmann
Dimensions: 218 x 136 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 427
Edition: New title
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-70037-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN: 0-521-70037-X
Barcode: 9780521700375

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