LEADER 04392oam 2200781I 450 001 9910810786403321 005 20240131152809.0 010 $a1-136-26302-0 010 $a1-283-91932-X 010 $a0-203-10769-1 010 $a1-136-26303-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203107690 035 $a(CKB)2670000000315251 035 $a(EBL)1104749 035 $a(OCoLC)823389958 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000831351 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12407934 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000831351 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10873782 035 $a(PQKB)10964633 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1104749 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1104749 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10641649 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL423182 035 $a(OCoLC)823170079 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB133840 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000315251 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn environmental history of the Middle Ages $ethe crucible of nature /$fJohn Aberth 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $a"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-415-77946-4 311 $a0-415-77945-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-307) and index. 327 $aPart I. Air, Water, Earth -- In the Beginning ... -- Worshipping the Elements -- The Medieval Warm Period -- Harnessing the Elements -- Collaboration, or Exploitation? -- The Little Ice Age -- Earth, Wind, and Death -- Environmental Causes of the Plague -- Man-Made Pollution of the Environment -- The Poison Thesis -- Weather Magic -- Part II. Forest -- Pre-Christian Tree Cults -- Surviving Wildwood at the Start of the Middle Ages -- The Early Medieval Woodland -- An Era of Great Clearances? -- A Brief History of the Royal Forest of England -- The Evidence of the Eyre Rolls -- Managing the King's Woods -- Disafforestment and the Rise of Private Woodland -- The Management of Woods Elsewhere -- Shaping the Idea of Wilderness -- A Renaissance in Regrowth of the Forest? -- Part III. Beast -- Animals on the Farm : The Early Middle Ages -- Animals on the Farm : The High and Late Middle Ages -- Animals as Pets and Companions -- Animals of the Hunt : Origins of Medieval Hunting -- Animals of the Hunt : Deer and Other Game -- Animals of the Hunt : Romance vs. Reality -- Animals of the Hunt : Falconry and Fishing -- Animals and Disease -- Animals on Trial -- Animals in the Bed -- Animals and Magic -- Afterword. 330 $aThe Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings.?An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of attitudes towards the environment during this period. Humankind's relationship with the environment shifted gradually over time from a predominantly adversarial approach to something more overtly collaborative, until a series of ecological crises in the late Middle Ages. With the advent of shattering events such as the Great Famine and the Black Death, considered efflorescences of the clima 606 $aHuman ecology$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aFour elements (Philosophy)$xSocial aspects$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aForests and forestry$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aAnimals$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aHuman-animal relationships$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aMiddle Ages 607 $aEurope$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aEurope$xSocial conditions$yTo 1492 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y476-1492 615 0$aHuman ecology$xHistory 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on$xHistory 615 0$aFour elements (Philosophy)$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aForests and forestry$xHistory 615 0$aAnimals$xHistory 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle Ages. 676 $a304.2094/0902 700 $aAberth$b John$f1963-,$0882776 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810786403321 996 $aAn environmental history of the Middle Ages$94018691 997 $aUNINA