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Weeds and the Carolingians
Paolo Squatriti
其他書名
Empire, Culture, and Nature in Frankish Europe, AD 750–900
出版Cambridge University Press, 2022-06-09
主題History / Europe / GeneralHistory / Europe / MedievalScience / Environmental ScienceTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / General
ISBN10090807929781009080798
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IBlyEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Why did weeds matter in the Carolingian empire? What was their special significance for writers in eighth- and ninth-century Europe and how was this connected with the growth of real weeds? In early medieval Europe, unwanted plants that persistently appeared among crops created extra work, reduced productivity, and challenged theologians who believed God had made all vegetation good. For the first time, in this book weeds emerge as protagonists in early medieval European history, driving human farming strategies and coloring people's imagination. Early medieval Europeans' effort to create agroecosystems that satisfied their needs and cosmologies that confirmed Christian accounts of vegetable creation both had to come to terms with unruly plants. Using diverse kinds of texts, fresh archaeobotanical data, and even mosaics, this interdisciplinary study reveals how early medieval Europeans interacted with their environments.