Ecologies and Economies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Studies in Environmental History for Richard C. Hoffmann
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18007-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g

Reihe: Brill's Series in the History of the Environment

The field of premodern environmental history (the study of the complex and ever-changing interrelationship between human beings and the world around them prior to the Industrial Revolution) has grown vigorously over the past two decades, in no small part due to the energy and expertise of Richard C. Hoffmann (York University, Canada). In this collection, historians of medieval and early modern Europe and social scientists with a sensitivity to the use of historical information present their current research in honor of Richard C. Hoffmann's retirement from teaching. The result is a panoramic and dynamic view of the state of the field of premodern environmental history by leading practitioners. The papers are organized under the broad themes of "Premodern People and the Natural World" and "Aquatic Ecosystems and Human Economies".

Contributors are Richard W. Unger, Paolo Squatriti, William Chester Jordan, Petra J.E.M. van Dam, Verena Winiwarter, Maryanne Kowaleski, Constance H. Berman, Pierre Claude Reynard, Wim Van Neer, and Anton Ervynck.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the environmental history of premodern Europe, as well as medieval and early modern historians in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bruce, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Umweltgeschichte & Umweltarchäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

Preface: Richard C. Hoffmann, an Appreciation Scott G. Bruce

Introduction: Hoffmann in the Historiography of Environmental history Richard W. Unger

Part One Premodern People and the Natural World

Trees, Nuts, and Woods at the End of the First Millennium: A Case from the Amalfi Coast Paolo Squatriti

The Great Famine: 1315-1322 Revisited William Chester Jordan

Rabbits Swimming across Borders: Micro-environmental Infrastructrres and Macro-environmental Change in Early Modern Holland Petra J.E.M. van Dam

The Art of Making the Earth Fruitful: Medieval and Early Modern Improvements of Soil Fertility Verena Winiwarter

Part Two Aquatic Ecosystems and Human Economies

The Seasonality of Fishing in Medieval Britain Maryanne Kowaleski

Reeling in the Eels at la Trinquetaille near Arles Constance H. Berman

Reaching for a 'Natural Authority': The Rhone in Eighteenth-Century Lyon Pierre Claude Reynard

Defining 'Natural' Fish Communities for Fishery Management Purposes: Biological, Historical, and Archaeological Approaches Wim Van Neer and Anton Ervynck

Appendix: Richard C. Hoffmann: Works Published 1971-2008 Compiled by Scott G. Bruce with the help of Ellen Hoffmann and Jean Levy

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Scott G. Bruce, Ph.D (2000) in History, Princeton University, is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has published widely on topics related to the abbey of Cluny, including a book entitled Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism: The Cluniac Tradition, c. 900-1200 (Cambridge, UK, 2007).