Title: Inventing medieval landscapes
Description: Far from the forest primeval of popular imagination, the historians and literary scholars in this book describe a Western European landscape just as consciously constructed by its inhabitants as any modern landscape--physically, conceptually, and spiritually. All appearing for the first time in print, their essays provide a wealth of detail on this "deep ecology" of the Middle Ages and a better understanding of the creativity and skill of our cultural ancestors.

"This fascinating collection of highly readable essays literally opens new vistas on the medieval landscape. Readers who imagine a primordial, unspoiled landscape will be surprised to discover that the medieval landscape was an artifact that medieval men and women managed, created, and imagined in creative ways over and over again."-- John J. Contreni, Purdue University.

"A real contribution to what we know about the relations between nature and culture, intersecting in landscapes. . . . I know of no other single volume that offers such a wide array of approaches and perspectives on the topic. A pleasurable volume to read."-- William H. TeBrake, University of Maine.
Subjects: Landscape assessment, Medieval Civilization, Historical geography, Human ecology, Medieval Philosophy, Human geography, Medieval Social history, Civilization, medieval, Human geography, europe, Philosophy, medieval, Social history, medieval, 500-1500, Social history, Medieval philosophy - general & miscellaneous, Social history - general & miscellaneous, Europe - civilization, General & miscellaneous european history, Human geography - historical geography, Medieval history - social aspects, General & miscellaneous me