Medieval Discovery of Nature

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. "Recommened." -Choice Zusammenfassung This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. It 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 nature and what their assumptions and beliefs kept them from seeing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The discovery of nature; 2. Mules; 3. Like produces like; 4. The nature of property; 5. Disaster; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Epstein, Steven A Epstein, Steven A. Epstein, Steven A. (University of Kansas) Epstein, Epstein Steven, Epstein Steven A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2012
• EAN: 9781107026452
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02645-2
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, History of Ideas, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, History of Science, Biology, life sciences, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages