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Measure of Multitude : Population in Medieval Thought.
Peter Biller's innovative study challenges the view that medieval thought was fundamentally abstract. He describes what medieval people 'thought' about population, studying the texts which constrained their thought, and examining the medieval realities which shaped it, such as birth,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Peter Biller's innovative study challenges the view that medieval thought was fundamentally abstract. He describes what medieval people 'thought' about population, studying the texts which constrained their thought, and examining the medieval realities which shaped it, such as birth, birth-control, sex-ratio, marriage ages, length of life, and the population of the Holy Land. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (507 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-452) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191542497 0191542490 |