1st Edition
Straws In The Wind Medieval Urban Environmental Law--the Case Of Northern Italy
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Routledge
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Routledge
164 Pages
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Routledge
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The quest to create a decent world, to maintain a clean environment, and to nurture a self-renewing inheritance to pass on to future generations is not unique to the twentieth-century. Rather, as Ronald Zupko and Robert Laures show in this fascinating study of medieval environmental attitudes and regulations, it has been the recurring dream of men and women for centuries.The history of the... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction, The Medieval Urban Setting: Politics and Law, The Medieval Town: Theoretical Foundations, The Town Elites, The Councils, A Case Study: Bologna 1288, Ancient and Medieval Environmental Spokesmen, Classical Environmental Theory, Christian and Medieval Environmental Theory, The Earth as a Planned Abode, Stewardship in Action, The Vision of an Urban Utopia, Regulating the Land, Historical Antecedents, Roman Road Construction, Government Responsibility for the Roads, Breakdown of the Roads, The Medieval Roadway, Medieval Urban Waste Management, Legislation, Conclusion, Protecting the Water, Ancient Water and Sewer Systems, Medieval Water and Sewer Systems, Legislation, Drainage Systems, Flood Control, Conclusion, Eliminating Wastes, Trade-Related Legislation, The Butcher and Meat Purveyor Guilds, Food Supplies, The Leather Workers’ Guilds, The Fisheries, Market and Land Resources, The Cloth Industries, Conclusion, The Medieval Urban Response to the Environmental Crisis, The Medieval Urban Response to the Environmental Crisis, Environment, Climate, and Law, Medieval Bergamo, Market Locations, Food Supplies, Public Sanitation, Roads, Bridges, Waterways, and Fountains, Fortifications, Conclusion: Things Left Undone, Notes, Select Bibliography, About the Book and Authors, Index
Biography
Ronald Edward Zupko is professor of history at Marquette University. Robert Anthony Laures is a medieval historian living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
