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UNINA9910807494003321 |
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Autore |
Epstein Steven <1952-> |
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Titolo |
The medieval discovery of nature / / Steven A. Epstein |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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1-139-88933-8 |
1-139-56480-3 |
1-283-61068-X |
1-139-55126-4 |
9786613923134 |
1-139-20776-8 |
1-139-55622-3 |
1-139-55001-2 |
1-139-55497-2 |
1-139-55252-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human ecology - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Philosophy of nature - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Nature - Religious aspects |
Civilization, Medieval |
Europe History 476-1492 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The discovery of nature -- The invention of mules -- Like produces like -- The nature of property -- The nature of disaster -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural history. These conflicting legacies shaped medieval European ideas about the natural order and what economic, |
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