03806nam 22007932 450 991045246120332120151005020623.01-107-24172-31-139-89155-31-316-63320-91-107-24874-41-107-25040-41-107-25123-01-107-24791-81-139-54075-01-107-24957-0(CKB)2550000001095259(EBL)1357360(OCoLC)846492930(SSID)ssj0000887694(PQKBManifestationID)11464196(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887694(PQKBWorkID)10846925(PQKB)11603124(UkCbUP)CR9781139540759(MiAaPQ)EBC1357360(Au-PeEL)EBL1357360(CaPaEBR)ebr10718580(CaONFJC)MIL502006(EXLCZ)99255000000109525920120625d2013|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLandscape and change in early medieval Italy chestnuts, economy, and culture /Paolo Squatriti[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2013.1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-03448-5 1-299-70755-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Trees, Woods, and Chestnuts in Early Medieval Italy -- A Natural History of the Chestnut -- The Triumph of a Tree -- The Poetics of the Chestnut in the Early Middle Ages -- Chestnuts in Early Medieval Campania -- Chestnuts in the Po Valley -- Conclusion: Giovanni Pascoli and the Old Chestnut -- Glossary.This innovative environmental history of the long-lived European chestnut tree and its woods offers valuable new perspectives on the human transition from the Roman to the medieval world in Italy. Integrating evidence from botanical and literary sources, individual charters and case studies of specific communities, the book traces fluctuations in the size and location of Italian chestnut woods to expose how early medieval societies changed their land use between the fourth and eleventh centuries, and in the process changed themselves. As the chestnut tree gained popularity in late antiquity and became a valuable commodity by the end of the first millennium, this study brings to life the economic and cultural transition from a Roman Italy of cities, agricultural surpluses and markets to a medieval Italy of villages and subsistence farming.Landscape & Change in Early Medieval ItalyChestnutItalyHistoryTo 1500ChestnutSocial aspectsItalyHistoryTo 1500ChestnutEconomic aspectsItalyHistoryTo 1500LandscapesItalyHistoryTo 1500Landscape changesItalyHistoryTo 1500Land useItalyHistoryTo 1500ItalyHistory476-1268ItalyEconomic conditionsItalyEnvironmental conditionsChestnutHistoryChestnutSocial aspectsHistoryChestnutEconomic aspectsHistoryLandscapesHistoryLandscape changesHistoryLand useHistory712.0937Squatriti Paolo1963-850543UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910452461203321Landscape and change in early medieval Italy1899086UNINA