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- Condition
- PublishedOn
- 1993-12-23
- ISBN
- 9780745607542
- EAN
- 9780745607542
- Book Title
- Landscapes of Fear : Perceptions of Nature and the City in the Middle Ages
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Nature, History
- Topic
- Europe / Italy, Ecology, Europe / Medieval
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 220 Pages
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This is a brilliant and original study of the attitudes of town-dwellers in the Middle Ages to nature, their surroundings, and the human body. Fumagalli describes the natural landscape of Italy in the early Middle Ages as a sinister wilderness of dense forest and ruined towns, destroyed in the barbarian invasions or abandoned after a long decline. He shows how, in a period of growth in the ninth century, Italian towns became significant centres of power, and their populations set out to restore their sense of superiority over the wild countryside and its peasant inhabitants. He describes how the draining and massive forest-clearance which they subsequently undertook led to a catastrophic ecological imbalance, devastating floods and violent uprisings. Fumagalli describes the living conditions of townspeople, peasants, priests and the nobility during this time of upheaval; he examines their behaviour in a hierarchy, as well as among peers, their fear of death and of the adverse forces of nature. What was it, he asks, that made people in the Middle Ages fear solar eclipses more than wars? Drawing on a rich variety of literary and visual sources, including paintings, frescoes and sculpture, Fumagalli analyses medieval attitudes to the body and its relationship to the spirit, arguing that, from the sixteenth century onwards, these changed profoundly, depending on a combination of economic, political and cultural factors.
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Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
0745607543
ISBN-13
9780745607542
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Book Title
Landscapes of Fear : Perceptions of Nature and the City in the Middle Ages
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Italy, Ecology, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Nature, History
Number of Pages
220 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ht115.F87 1994
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'Fumagalli writes with energy and charm.' Choice 'There is no doubt about the depth of scholarship behind this book, nor about the breadth of its insight. As an introduction to Italy in the Middle Ages it has much to recommend it.' Progress in Human Geography, 'Fumagalli writes with energy and charm.' Choice'There is no doubt about the depth of scholarship behind this book, nor about the breadth of its insight. As an introduction to Italy in the Middle Ages it has much to recommend it.' Progress in Human Geography, 'Fumagalli writes with energy and charm.' ChoiceThere is no doubt about the depth of scholarship behind this book, nor about the breadth of its insight. As an introduction to Italy in the Middle Ages it has much to recommend it.' Progress in Human Geography, 'Fumagalli writes with energy and charm.' Choice'there is no doubt about the depth of scholarship behind this book, nor about the breadth of its insight. As an introduction to Italy in the Middle Ages it has much to recommend it.' Progress in Human Geography, 'Fumagalli writes with energy and charm.' Choice 'There is no doubt about the depth of scholarship behind thisbook, nor about the breadth of its insight. As an introduction toItaly in the Middle Ages it has much to recommend it.' Progressin Human Geography, 'Fumagalli writes with energy and charm.' Choice 'there is no doubt about the depth of scholarship behind this book, nor about the breadth of its insight. As an introduction to Italy in the Middle Ages it has much to recommend it.' Progress in Human Geography
Table of Content
Translator's. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: When the Heavens Darken. 1. The Domain of Shadows. 2. Nature. 3. Death. 4. Beauty. 5. Hunting. 6. Violence. 7. War. 8. The Nobility. 9 The Priesthood. 10. Spiritual Crises. Part II: The Living Rock: The City and Nature in the Middle Ages. 11. Dead Cities. 12. Fortress Cities. 13. The Myth of the City. 14. The Changing Countryside. 15. The Changing City. 16. The Merchant Ethic. 17. The Impact of the City on the Landscape. 18. Nature as Friend and Foe. 19. The Ravaged Countryside. 20. The City and the Dead. 21. Animals in City and Country. Part III: Solitude of the Flesh. 22. The World Contemned. 23. The Elusiveness of Perfection. 24. Man's Disgrace. 25. From Mortification to Insensibility. 26. In Defence of the Body. 27. The Body Vindicated. 28. Forbidden Pleasures. 29. Brother Ass the Body. 30. Women. Note on Sources and Further Reading. Index.
Copyright Date
1993
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Lccn
93-040032
Dewey Decimal
307.76/0945/0902
Dewey Edition
20
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Yes
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