Green Ages (eBook)

Medieval Innovations in Sustainability

Kehnel Annette Kehnel (Autor)

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2024
405 Seiten
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-80081-626-8 (ISBN)

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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, OxfordFishing 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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Bold, imaginative and vividly written, here finally is a historical survival guide in our climate crisis that reminds us that it is possible to live differently and sustainably

A committed and thought provoking book, rich in engaging examples and surprising alternatives, that makes it clear we need the past for our future

Bold and exciting - a must-read!

A wonderful and much-needed book

Deeply enthralling, erudite and thought provoking. Kehnel shows us exactly why the study of the past is so relevant for the very immediate future

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.8.2024
• Übersetzer: Ipsen Gesche Ipsen
• Zusatzinfo: B&W images throughout
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Ecology • Environmentalism • Medieval Europe Chris Wickham • Medieval History • NDR Book Prize • sustainability • The Book of the City of Ladies Christine de Pizan
• ISBN-10: 1-80081-626-X / 180081626X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80081-626-8 / 9781800816268