Water and Society in Early Medieval Italy, Ad 400-1000

ISBN-13: 9780521621922 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 208 str.

Paolo Squatriti

Opis

This book offers an original discussion of an element--water--and its relationship with people. In particular it shows how early medieval Italian societies coped with the problems of having too much or too little water, and analyzes their use of it. Such treatment illuminates both the workings of postclassical societies and of the environments in which these societies lived. Domestic usage, bathing, irrigation and drainage, fishing, and milling all receive full coverage.

Recenzje

'… a concise but penetrating study of the ecological, technological, institutional, and cultural factors that shaped the perceptions and use of water in early medieval Italy'. Economic History Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Water for everyday use; 2. Water, baths, and corporeal washing; 3. The wet and the dry: water in agriculture; 4. Water, fish, and fishing; 5. Water and milling in early medieval Italy; 6. Conclusion: the hydrological cycle in the early Middle Ages.