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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970897103321

Titolo

Engaging with nature : essays on the natural world in medieval and early modern Europe / / Barbara A. Hanawalt and Lisa J. Kiser, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, 2008

ISBN

9780268081638

0268081638

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HanawaltBarbara

KiserLisa J. <1949->

Disciplina

304.209

Soggetti

Philosophy of nature - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-224)  and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Homo et Natura, Homo in Natura""; ""Inventing with Animals in the Middle Ages""; ""Ritual Aspects of the Hunt""; ""The (Re)Balance of Nature, ca. 1250-1350""; ""Collecting Nature and Art""; """Procreate Like Trees"""; ""Human Nature""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays makes a highly original contribution to the emergent field of medieval and pre-modern studies on the history of nature.