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
Summary
"This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium"-- Provided by publisher
