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Zusatztext an impressive piece of scholarship. Klappentext This innovative study challenges the view that medieval thought was fundamentally abstract. He describes what medieval people 'thought' about population! studying the texts which contained their thought! and examining the medieval realities which shaped it! such as birth! birth-control! sex-ratio! marriage ages! length of life! and the population of the Holy Land. Zusammenfassung Peter Biller's innovative study challenges the view that medieval thought was fundamentally abstract. He describes what medieval people 'thought' about population, studying the texts which constrained their thought, and examining the medieval realities which shaped it, such as birth, birth-control, sex-ratio, marriage ages, length of life, and the population of the Holy Land. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction to Medieval Demographic Thought Part 1: The Church and Generation 2: Marriage and the Church's Marriage-Texts 3: William of Auvergne 4: Equal or Unequal Numbers of Men and Women 5: The Precept of Marriage and Sufficient Multiplication 6: Avoidance of Offspring (i): The General Picture 7: Avoidance of Offspring (ii): Canon Law and Sentences Commentaries 8: Avoidance of Offspring (iii): The Pastoral Picture Part 2: The Map of the World 9: Inhabitation of the World Part 3: Aristotle and Multitude 10: Animals and Life-span 11: The Politics (i): Reception 12: The Politics (ii): Age at Marriage 13: The Politics (iii): Multitude The Light of Common Day 14: The Bulging Circuit of Florence Epigraph: The Climate of Thought Bibliography Index of Manuscripts General Index
