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

• Autore: Biller Peter
• 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
• ISBN: 1-280-44523-8; 9786610445233; 0-19-154249-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816695203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II