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Author Squatriti, Paolo, 1963-

Title Landscape and change in early medieval Italy : chestnuts, economy, and culture / Paolo Squatriti
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Chestnut -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
Chestnut -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
Chestnut -- Economic aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
Landscapes -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
Landscape changes -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
Land use -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
ARCHITECTURE -- Landscape.
GARDENING -- Garden Design.
GARDENING -- Landscape.
Chestnut
Ecology
Economic history
Land use
Landscape changes
Landscapes
Edelkastanie
Kastanie
Landschaftsentwicklung
SUBJECT Italy -- History -- 476-1268. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068939
Italy -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068917
Italy -- Environmental conditions
Subject Italy
Italien
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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