The Medieval Discovery of Nature

Nonfiction, History, European General, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Steven A. Epstein ISBN: 9781139564809
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: September 28, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Steven A. Epstein
ISBN: 9781139564809
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 28, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural history. These conflicting legacies shaped medieval European ideas about the natural order and what economic, moral and biological lessons it might teach. This book analyzes five themes found in medieval views of nature – grafting, breeding mules, original sin, property rights and disaster – to understand what some medieval people found in nature and what their assumptions and beliefs kept them from seeing.

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This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural history. These conflicting legacies shaped medieval European ideas about the natural order and what economic, moral and biological lessons it might teach. This book analyzes five themes found in medieval views of nature – grafting, breeding mules, original sin, property rights and disaster – to understand what some medieval people found in nature and what their assumptions and beliefs kept them from seeing.

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