The Natural Environment in Late Byzantine Correspondence

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Author(s):	Mavrommati, Kalliope
ISBN No.:	9783031661778
Pages:	iv, 438
Year:	202501
Format:	Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price:	$ 220.79
Dispatch delay:	Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
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Part I: Natural and Human Settings: Introductions.- Chapter 1: Environmental history and Byzantine Studies.- Chapter 2: Mediterranean ecosystems, natural resources, and agricultural tradition.- Chapter 3: The philosophical and rhetorical tradition.- Chapter 4: The annual cycle as an axis of human activity.- Chapter 5: Politics, economy and environment from the Middle to the Late Byzantine period.- Part II: Environment, Settlement, and Landscapes.- Chapter 6: The Land.

- Chapter 7: Air and Water.- Chapter 8: Woodlands.- Part III: Meteorological and seismic phenomena.- Chapter 9: From the Medieval Warm Period to The Little Ice Age.- Chapter 10: Tempests, pirates, and a changing climate.- Part IV: Beasts.- Chapter 11: Approaches to the alogos cosmos.- Chapter 12: Details of daily life.

- Chapter 13: Final Remark: The natural environment in the Byzantine Correspondence.

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