An Environmental History of the Middle Ages

The Crucible of Nature

Bibliographic Data

ID23164265
AuthorsJohn Aberth (corresponding author)
Year2012
Pages344
Publication date2012-12-20
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAn environmental history of the Middle Ages (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203107690
OpenAlexW4250290912
ISBN9780203107690
Open LibraryOL25198029M
LanguageEN
Citations received10

"The Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings. An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of attitudes towards the environment during this period. Humankind's relationship with the environment shifted gradually over time from a predominantly adversarial approach to something more overtly collaborative, until a series of ecological crises in the late Middle Ages. With the advent of shattering events such as the Great Famine of 1315-22 and the Black Death of 1348-49, medieval people began to think of and relate to their natural environment in new and more nuanced ways. They now were made to be acutely aware of the consequences of human impacts upon the environment, anticipating the cyclical, "new ecology" approach of the modern world. Exploring the entire medieval period from 500 to 1500, and ranging across the whole of Europe, from England and Spain to the Baltic and Eastern Europe, John Aberth focuses his study on three key areas: the natural elements of air, water, and earth; the forest; and wild and domestic animals. Through this multi-faceted lens, An Environmental History of the Middle Ages sheds fascinating new light on the medieval environmental mindset."--Publisher's description.

Ancient history · Economic history · Environmental history · Middle Ages · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · 476-1492 · animals · Conditions environnementales · Ecologie · Ecology · environmental conditions · Europe · Forests and forestry · Four elements (Philosophy) · Human Ecology · Human ecology · Human Geography · Human-animal relationships · Middle ages · Milieu · Moyen Âge · Natur · Nature · Public opinion · Social aspects · Social conditions · Social Science · To 1492 · To 1500 · Umwelt

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