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UNINA9910822408003321 |
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Autore |
Kreiner Jamie <1982-> |
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Titolo |
Legions of pigs in the early medieval West / / Jamie Kreiner [[electronic resource]] |
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New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) : 48 b-w + 32 color illus |
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Collana |
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Yale agrarian studies series |
Yale scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Middle Ages |
Animals and history - Europe |
Animals and history - Africa, Northwest |
Swine - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Swine - Africa, Northwest - History - To 1500 |
History |
Europe History 392-814 |
Africa, Northwest History To 1500 |
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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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Previously issued in print: 2020. |
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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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1. A Singular and Plural Beast -- 2. From the Mud to the Cosmos -- 3. Salvaged Lands -- 4. Partnerships -- 5. The Christianization of the Pig -- Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Manuscripts |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Early medieval communities were thinking seriously about their environments. They saw themselves as part of a complex and dynamic universe that was propelled by interconnected organisms and forces. In that system, even the smallest creatures or events could have far-reaching consequences. The big picture was tied to hyperlocal circumstances. The people who lived in the early medieval West (in what is now northwest Africa and Europe) brought these perspectives to bear on their farming, policy making, and philosophizing. And pigs were both a means and a motivation for doing this. They were a flexible species that could handle a diversity of ecologies. They illustrated the |
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