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The measure of multitude : population in medieval thought / / Peter Biller



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Autore: Biller Peter Visualizza persona
Titolo: The measure of multitude : population in medieval thought / / Peter Biller Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (600p., [8]p. of plates ) : ill
Disciplina: 304.6/0902
Soggetto topico: Population - History
Demography - History
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-452) and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction to medieval demographic thought; PART 1: THE CHURCH AND GENERATION; 2. Marriage and the Church's texts; 3. William of Auvergne; 4. An equal or unequal number of men and women; 5. The precept of marriage and sufficient multiplication; 6. Avoidance of offspring (i): the general picture; 7. Avoidance of offspring (ii): Canon law and Sentences commentaries; 8. Avoidance of offspring (iii): the pastoral picture; PART 2: THE MAP OF THE WORLD; 9. Inhabitation of the world; PART 3: ARISTOTLE AND MULTITUDE; 10. Animals and the life-span; 11. The Politics (i): reception; 12. The Politics (ii): age at marriage; 13. The Politics (iii): multitude; THE LIGHT OF THE COMMON DAY; 14. The Bulging circuit of Florence; Epigraph: The Climate of Thought; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index
Sommario/riassunto: Challenging the view that medieval thought was abstract, this text shows that by 1300, society was beginning to measure multitude, counting, for example, numbers of boys and girls being baptised.
Titolo autorizzato: The measure of multitude  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-44523-8
9786610445233
0-19-154249-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816695203321
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