Late Ancient and Medieval Population Control

Late Ancient and Medieval Population Control
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Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 0788195069
ISBN-13 : 9780788195068
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Synopsis Late Ancient and Medieval Population Control by : Josiah Cox Russell

Who controlled pop'n. in the Middle Ages (MA)? Did medieval people really think about the possibility of pop'n. control (PC) or did they act without thought in the matter? Chapters: the pop'n. of Pompeii and Rome; the villages of the dead; to quicken the dead; how long did they live?; potential energy and dependency; the spread of TB in the West; the earlier medieval plague in the British Isles, and on the Continent; the threat of too many mouths; pop'n. stability, A.D. 0-1000; the medieval pop'n. crisis, 1000-1348; divergent trends of PC; tests of demographic interests; the strength of will to control; climate and migration; and burial of heretics in the MA. Biblio. 53 tables.

Late Ancient and Medieval Population

Late Ancient and Medieval Population
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Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : 1013979834
ISBN-13 : 9781013979835
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Late Ancient and Medieval Population by : Josiah Cox 1900- Russell

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Six Billion and More

Six Billion and More
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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 0664251862
ISBN-13 : 9780664251864
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Billion and More by : Susan Bratton

Drawing on information from demographers, economists, ecologists, and sociologists, Bratton argues that individuals should use Christian values when dealing with the regulation of human population. "Theological groundwork for developing a Christian contraceptive ethos".--Carol Benson Holst, Ministry for Population Concerns.

The Family in Late Antiquity

The Family in Late Antiquity
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781134706693
ISBN-13 : 1134706693
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Family in Late Antiquity by : Geoffrey Nathan

The Family in Late Antiquity offers a challenging, well-argued and coherent study of the family in the late Roman world and the influence of the emerging Christian religion on its structure and value. Before the Roman Empire's political disintegration in the west, enormous political, religious and cultural changes took place in the period of late antiquity. This book is the first comprehensive study of the family in the later Roman Empire, from approximately 300 AD to 550 AD. Geoffrey Nathan analyses the classical Roman family as well as early Christian notions of this most basic unit of social organisation. Using these models as a contextual backdrop, he then explores marriage, children, domestic servitude, and other familial institutions in late antiquity. He brings together a diverse collection of sources, transcending traditional studies that have centred on the legal record.

Families in the Roman and Late Antique World

Families in the Roman and Late Antique World
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9781441174680
ISBN-13 : 1441174680
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Families in the Roman and Late Antique World by : Lena Larsson Loven

This volume seeks to explain developments within the structure of the family in antiquity, in particular in the later Roman Empire and late antiquity. Contributions extend the traditional chronological focus on the Roman family to include the transformation of familial structures in the newly formed kingdoms of late antiquity in Europe, thus allowing a greater historical perspective and establishing a new paradigm for the study of the Roman family. Drawing on the latest research by leading scholars in the field the book includes new approaches to the life course and the family in the Byzantine empire, family relationships in the dynasty of Constantine the Great, death, burial and commemoration of newborn children in Roman Italy, and widows and familial networks in Roman Egypt. In short, this volume seeks to establish a new agenda for the understanding of the Roman family and its transformation in late antiquity.

Population and Economy

Population and Economy
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 514
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ISBN-10 : 9780191583599
ISBN-13 : 0191583596
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Population and Economy by : Tommy Bengtsson

Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population has for the past two centuries been a constant source of inspiration and debate for scholars working on relationships between population and economy in historical perspective. This book of collected essays–an outcome of an A-session held at the 12th International Congress of Economic History in Madrid, 1998–sets a new standard in this active and influential field of research. The contributors go beyond the conventional European and North American geographical boundaries, bringing out new empirical findings and developing new arguments. The volume is divided into three parts. The first section takes up classical issues, the 'positive' and the 'preventive' checks and their determinants, raised by Malthus himself, and examines the issues against fresh evidence from Europe, America, and Asia. These issues are also themes of the second part, devoted to short-term fluctuations in mortality and fertility in relation to prices, wages, and other economic indicators. The final set of chapters is a coherent collection of technically sophisticated articles from an on-going international joint project concerned with how households respond to economic stress in different economic, social and cultural settings, in traditional China, Japan, Sweden, Belgium and Italy. With a brief but well organized introduction, this collection of scholarly essays offers both demographers and economic historians a wealth of exciting findings and stimulating insights.

Numbers from Nowhere

Numbers from Nowhere
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 556
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ISBN-10 : 080613044X
ISBN-13 : 9780806130446
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis Numbers from Nowhere by : David P. Henige

In the past forty years an entirely new paradigm has developed regarding the contact population of the New World. Proponents of this new theory argue that the American Indian population in 1492 was ten, even twenty, times greater than previous estimates. In Numbers From Nowhere David Henige argues that the data on which these high counts are based are meager and often demonstrably wrong. Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Henige illustrates the use and abuse of numerical data throughout history. He shows that extrapolation of numbers is entirely subjective, however masked it may be by arithmetic, and he questions what constitutes valid evidence in historical and scientific scholarship.

Manuscript Sources of Medieval Medicine

Manuscript Sources of Medieval Medicine
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9781135523749
ISBN-13 : 1135523746
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Manuscript Sources of Medieval Medicine by : Margaret R. Schleissner

In these new essays leading European and North American scholars of medieval medicine focus on manuscripts and their transmission and demonstrate how medievalists in all disciplines can profit by studying the primary medical sources rather than relying on the secondary literature. It is only through the study of actual medical manuscripts that context and audience can be discussed adequately. The lead essay by Bernard Schnell, Prolegomena to a History of Medieval German Medical Literature: The Twelfth Century, clarifies methodological principles for this literary sociology and examines the current state of research in the study of manuscript transmission. The remaining essays discuss either manuscripts by a single author or paradigmatic manuscripts within a single national tradition. Until all the basic sources in medieval texts are uncovered and a survey is made, this volume will stand as an overview of the field.

Resurrecting Pompeii

Resurrecting Pompeii
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 405
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ISBN-10 : 9781134507191
ISBN-13 : 1134507194
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Resurrecting Pompeii by : Estelle Lazer

Recognizing the important contribution of the human skeletal evidence to the archaeology of Pompeii, Lazer presents an in-depth study of the people of pompeii, and gives students an essential resource in the study of this fascinating historical event.