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• catalog abstract "The quest to create a decent world, to maintain a clean environment, and to nurture a self-renewing inheritance to pass on to future generations is not unique to the twentieth-century. Rather, as Ronald Zupko and Robert Laures show in this fascinating study of medieval environmental attitudes and regulations, it has been the recurring dream of men and women for centuries.The history of the medieval towns of northern and central Italy opens a window onto the concerns of urban elites throughout the medieval world regarding the environment and quality of life. In Straws in the Wind, the authors demonstrate that legislative efforts to control the environment were neither haphazard nor accidental. Rather, they were rational responses to perceived needs, often based on a valuable store of knowledge inherited from their Roman forebears. Zupko and Laures describe who these early environmentalists were, what motivated them, how they shaped the environmental programs they devised, and how they implemented and enforced these regulations. The book examines the efforts of town officials, often acting independently of powerful regional, papal, and imperial authorities, to provide their citizens with the best possible urban quality of life - within the limits of their knowledge, experience, and technology. Moreover, Zupko and Laures reveal evidence of grassroots support for the protection of resources and for the preservation of air, water, and the aesthetic qualities of the urban environment. The results of these efforts, when compared to those of the modern environmental movement, were very modest, merely "Straws in the Wind." Nonetheless, they were the harbingers of the future. -- Publisher's website.".
• catalog contributor b9632646.
• catalog contributor b9632647.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-143) and index.".
• catalog description "The medieval urban setting: politics and law. The medieval town: theoretical foundations -- The town elites -- The councils -- A case study: Bologna 1288 -- Ancient and medieval environmental spokesmen. Classical environmental theory -- Christian and medieval environmental theory -- The earth as a planned abode -- Stewardship in action -- The vision of an urban utopia -- Regulating the land. Historical antecedents -- Roman road construction -- Government responsibility for the roads -- Breakdown of the roads -- The medieval roadway -- Medieval urban waste management -- Legislation -- Conclusion -- Protecting the water. Ancient water and sewer systems -- Medieval water and sewer systems -- Legislation -- Drainage systems -- Flood control -- Conclusion -- Eliminating wastes. Trade-related legislation -- The butcher and meat purveyor guilds -- Food supplies -- The leather workers' guilds -- The fisheries -- Market and land resources -- The cloth industries -- Conclusion -- The medieval urban response to the environmental crisis. Environment, climate, and law -- Medieval Bergamo -- Market locations -- Food supplies -- Public sanitation -- Roads, bridges, waterways, and fountains -- Fortifications -- Conclusion: things left undone.".
• catalog description "The quest to create a decent world, to maintain a clean environment, and to nurture a self-renewing inheritance to pass on to future generations is not unique to the twentieth-century. Rather, as Ronald Zupko and Robert Laures show in this fascinating study of medieval environmental attitudes and regulations, it has been the recurring dream of men and women for centuries.The history of the medieval towns of northern and central Italy opens a window onto the concerns of urban elites throughout the medieval world regarding the environment and quality of life. In Straws in the Wind, the authors demonstrate that legislative efforts to control the environment were neither haphazard nor accidental. Rather, they were rational responses to perceived needs, often based on a valuable store of knowledge inherited from their Roman forebears. Zupko and Laures describe who these early environmentalists were, what motivated them, how they shaped the environmental programs they devised, and how they implemented and enforced these regulations. The book examines the efforts of town officials, often acting independently of powerful regional, papal, and imperial authorities, to provide their citizens with the best possible urban quality of life - within the limits of their knowledge, experience, and technology. Moreover, Zupko and Laures reveal evidence of grassroots support for the protection of resources and for the preservation of air, water, and the aesthetic qualities of the urban environment. The results of these efforts, when compared to those of the modern environmental movement, were very modest, merely "Straws in the Wind." Nonetheless, they were the harbingers of the future. -- Publisher's website.".
• catalog extent "vii, 152 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Straws in the wind.".
• catalog identifier "081332971X".
• catalog identifier "0813329728 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Straws in the wind.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Boulder, CO : Westview Press,".
• catalog relation "Straws in the wind.".
• catalog spatial "Italy".
• catalog subject "344.45/046 344.50446 20".
• catalog subject "Environmental law Italy History.".
• catalog subject "Environmental management Italy History.".
• catalog subject "KKH3127 .Z87 1996".
• catalog subject "Law, Medieval.".
• catalog subject "Refuse and refuse disposal Law and legislation Italy History.".
• catalog subject "Urban ecology (Sociology) Italy History.".
• catalog subject "Urban health Italy History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The medieval urban setting: politics and law. The medieval town: theoretical foundations -- The town elites -- The councils -- A case study: Bologna 1288 -- Ancient and medieval environmental spokesmen. Classical environmental theory -- Christian and medieval environmental theory -- The earth as a planned abode -- Stewardship in action -- The vision of an urban utopia -- Regulating the land. Historical antecedents -- Roman road construction -- Government responsibility for the roads -- Breakdown of the roads -- The medieval roadway -- Medieval urban waste management -- Legislation -- Conclusion -- Protecting the water. Ancient water and sewer systems -- Medieval water and sewer systems -- Legislation -- Drainage systems -- Flood control -- Conclusion -- Eliminating wastes. Trade-related legislation -- The butcher and meat purveyor guilds -- Food supplies -- The leather workers' guilds -- The fisheries -- Market and land resources -- The cloth industries -- Conclusion -- The medieval urban response to the environmental crisis. Environment, climate, and law -- Medieval Bergamo -- Market locations -- Food supplies -- Public sanitation -- Roads, bridges, waterways, and fountains -- Fortifications -- Conclusion: things left undone.".
• catalog title "Straws in the wind : medieval urban environmental law--the case of northern Italy / Ronald Edward Zupko, Robert Anthony Laures.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".