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The Green Ages
Medieval Innovations in Sustainability
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WINNER OF THE 2021 NDR BOOK PRIZE IN GERMANY 'A must-read' - Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, Oxford Fishing quotas on Lake Constance. Common lands in the UK. The medieval answer to Depop in the middle of Frankfurt. These are all just...
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The Green Ages
A fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living
A fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living
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WINNER OF THE 2021 NDR BOOK PRIZE IN GERMANY
'A must-read' - Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, Oxford
Fishing quotas on Lake Constance. Common lands in the UK. The medieval answer to Depop in the middle of Frankfurt. These are all just some of the sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages that Annette Kehnel illuminates in her astounding new book, The Green Ages.
From the mythical-sounding City of Ladies and their garden economy to early microcredit banks and rent-a-cow schemes, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with what we might think of as the typical medieval existence.
Pre-modern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts that open up new horizons. And we urgently need them as today's challenges - finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, growing inequality - threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably.
This is a revelatory look at the past that has the power to change our future.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800816251
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 08 August 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Edition: Main
Illustration: B&W images throughout
Contributors:
- Translated by Gesche Ipsen
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 38.0mm
Width: 162.0mm
Height: 236.0mm
Weight: 560g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Professor Annette Kehnel studied History and Biology at the University of Freiburg, Sommerville College, Oxford and LMU in Munich. She received her doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin and taught at the TU Dresden, where she received her post-doctorate in 2004. Since 2005 she has held a chair in Medieval History at the University of Mannheim.
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