For some time historiography has set itself the objective of studying the ways in which European society in the late Middle Ages and the early Modern Age has related to environmental disasters, addressing the perceptions and the reactions, the strategies implemented by the governments, and the repercussions on the religious mentality. In this way it has identified a sphere of investigation that is an authentic multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary workshop, engaging historians of institutions, culture and mentality. At the conference held in San Miniato, Italian and European historians compared notes on this subject, addressing it from different points of view and taking into consideration different environmental contexts (the cities and the rivers, the mountain, the sea, Italy, France, Holland, etc.) and different viewpoints (those of the governments, the lay 'intellectuals', the men of religion, etc.).
University of Mainz Johannes Gutenberg , Germany
University of Siena, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-5398-0688
University of Florence, Italy
University of Verona, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-3428-1632
Book Title
Le calamità ambientali nel tardo medioevo europeo: realtà, percezioni, reazioni
Editors
Michael Matheus, Gabriella Piccinni, Giuliano Pinto, Gian Maria Varanini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
470
Publication Year
2010
Copyright Information
© 2010 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-8453-503-0
ISBN Print
978-88-8453-499-6
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-8453-503-0
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-713-6
Series Title
Centro di Studi sulla Civiltà del Tardo Medioevo San Miniato
Series ISSN
2704-5692
Series E-ISSN
2704-5706