Title The medieval discovery of nature / Steven A. Epstein.

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Summary	"This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; THE MEDIEVAL DISCOVERY OF NATURE; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE DISCOVERY OF NATURE; FINDING MEDIEVAL NATURE; THE EXPERIENCE OF NATURE; GRAFTING; PIERO DE CRESCENZI AND HIS SOURCES; ST. FRANCIS; 2 THE INVENTION OF MULES; MULES IN EARLY DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS; MEDIEVAL REFERENCE WORKS ON MULES; THE PARENTS OF MULES; 3 LIKE PRODUCES LIKE; CREATION AND BEYOND; ANCIENT INHERITABILITY REAPPEARS; THE JEWS AND INHERITABILITY; OTHER THEORIES OF INHERITABILITY; 4 THE NATURE OF PROPERTY; PRIVATE PROPERTY.
	MAKING A WILLUSURY; REASONS NOT TO WORK; 5 THE NATURE OF DISASTER; A NATURAL DISASTER MODEL; A TEST CASE IN SAVOY; GENOESE DISASTERS; PLAGUE; PERIL AND RISK IN NATURE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ARCHIVAL SOURCES; PRIMARY SOURCES IN PRINT; SECONDARY WORKS; INDEX.
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Subject	Europa.
	Human ecology -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
	Human ecology.
	Europe.
	History.
Chronological Term	To 1500
Subject	Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
	Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
	Philosophy of nature -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
	Philosophy of nature.
	Nature -- Religious aspects.
	Nature -- Religious aspects.
	Civilization, Medieval.
	Civilization, Medieval.
	Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
Chronological Term	476-1492
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic book.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Epstein, Steven, 1952- Medieval discovery of nature. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107026452 (DLC) 2012012295 (OCoLC)793221783
ISBN	9781139550017 (electronic book)
	1139550012 (electronic book)
	1139554972 (electronic book)
	9781139554978 (electronic book)
	9781139207768 (electronic book)
	1139207768 (electronic book)
	9781139552523
	113955252X
	9781107026452
	1107026458
	128361068X
	9781283610681

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