Acknowledgements. Illustrations. Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Air, Water, Earth Part 2: Forest Part 3: Beast. Afterword.
Aberth, John
"This environmental history shows that our struggles with climate
change, environmental pollution, deforestation, pandemics, and many
other aspects of nature are not new. Thanks to this timely book,
our future decisions can be informed by what people learned over
1000 years ago." - Joyce E. Salisbury, University of Wisconsin
Green Bay, USA"Independent scholar Aberth is a Vermont farmer with
a doctorate in medieval history, and he provides information that
would enrich any survey course on the European Middle Ages...
Recommended. All levels/libraries." - A.C. Reeves, emeritus, Ohio
University, CHOICE magazine"Anyone interested in medieval Europe's
environmental history must cheer the publication of John Aberth's
newest book... It is as tool for historical understanding of
environments and particularly their impact on medieval written
culture." -Paola Squatriti, University of Michigan, The
Historian
Independent scholar Aberth is a Vermont farmer with a doctorate in
medieval history, and he provides information that would enrich any
survey course on the European Middle Ages. He writes about academic
theories of disease, and thus provides insight into medieval
science based on both theory and an experiential understanding of
nature. Medieval thinkers wanted explanations for such events as
the great famine of 1315-22 and the cycle of plague that began with
the Black Death. Most of the examples Aberth provides come from
England, supplemented by research from the Continent. The author
writes of medieval thinking about the ecology of air, water, the
earth, forests, and animals. The subtitle is truly appropriate. The
book demonstrates that the medieval approach to nature was not
merely a battle for conquest and domination, as with, for example,
the systems developed for managing woodlands. The text is supported
by endnotes and illustrations. Summing Up: Recommended. All
levels/libraries.CHOICE by A. C. Reeves, emeritus, Ohio University
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