LEADER 03807nam 22007932 450 001 9910779885903321 005 20151005020623.0 010 $a1-107-24172-3 010 $a1-139-89155-3 010 $a1-316-63320-9 010 $a1-107-24874-4 010 $a1-107-25040-4 010 $a1-107-25123-0 010 $a1-107-24791-8 010 $a1-139-54075-0 010 $a1-107-24957-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001095259 035 $a(EBL)1357360 035 $a(OCoLC)846492930 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000887694 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464196 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887694 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10846925 035 $a(PQKB)11603124 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139540759 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1357360 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1357360 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10718580 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL502006 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001095259 100 $a20120625d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLandscape and change in early medieval Italy $echestnuts, economy, and culture /$fPaolo Squatriti$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-03448-5 311 $a1-299-70755-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aThis 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. 517 3 $aLandscape & Change in Early Medieval Italy 606 $aChestnut$zItaly$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aChestnut$xSocial aspects$zItaly$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aChestnut$xEconomic aspects$zItaly$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aLandscapes$zItaly$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aLandscape changes$zItaly$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aLand use$zItaly$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aItaly$xHistory$y476-1268 607 $aItaly$xEconomic conditions 607 $aItaly$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aChestnut$xHistory 615 0$aChestnut$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aChestnut$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aLandscapes$xHistory 615 0$aLandscape changes$xHistory 615 0$aLand use$xHistory 676 $a712.0937 700 $aSquatriti$b Paolo$f1963-$01502069 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779885903321 996 $aLandscape and change in early medieval Italy$93729573 997 $aUNINA