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Author Squatriti, Paolo, 1963-

Title Landscape and change in early medieval Italy : chestnuts, economy, and culture / Paolo Squatriti.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary An innovative environmental history of the chestnut tree and what it can tell us about the medieval history of Italy.
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Subject Chestnut -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Chestnut.
Italy.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Chestnut -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Social aspects.
Chestnut -- Economic aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Landscapes -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Landscapes.
Landscape changes -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Landscape changes.
Land use -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Italy -- History -- 476-1268.
Chronological Term 476-1268
Subject Italy -- Economic conditions.
Italy -- Environmental conditions.
Land use.
ARCHITECTURE -- Landscape.
Economic conditions.
GARDENING -- Garden Design.
Environmental conditions.
GARDENING -- Landscape.
Ecology.
Economic history.
Edelkastanie.
Kastanie.
Landschaftsentwicklung.
Italien.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Squatriti, Paolo, 1963- Landscape and change in early medieval Italy. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107034488 (DLC) 2012047924 (OCoLC)822971505
ISBN 9781107250406 (electronic book)
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9781107034488
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