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A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era
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A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era
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A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era covers the period from 1400 to 1650, a time of discovery and rediscovery, of experiment and innovation. Renaissance learning brought ancient knowledge to modern European consciousness whilst exploration placed all the continents in contact with one another. The dissemination of knowledge was further speeded by the spread of printing. New staples and spices, new botanical medicines, and new garden plants all catalysed agriculture, trade, and science. The great medical botanists of the period attempted no less than what Marlowe's Dr Faustus demanded - a book "wherein I might see all plants, herbs, and trees that grow upon the earth." Human impact on plants and our botanical knowledge had irrevocably changed.
The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Plants presents the first comprehensive history of the uses and meanings of plants from prehistory to today. The themes covered in each volume are plants as staple foods; plants as luxury foods; trade and exploration; plant technology and science; plants and medicine; plants in culture; plants as natural ornaments; the representation of plants.
Andrew Dalby is an independent scholar and writer, based in France. Annette Giesecke is Professor of Classics at the University of Delaware, USA.
Volume 3 in the Cultural History of Plants set.
General Editors: Annette Giesecke, University of Delaware, USA, and David Mabberley, University of Oxford, UK.
The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Plants presents the first comprehensive history of the uses and meanings of plants from prehistory to today. The themes covered in each volume are plants as staple foods; plants as luxury foods; trade and exploration; plant technology and science; plants and medicine; plants in culture; plants as natural ornaments; the representation of plants.
Andrew Dalby is an independent scholar and writer, based in France. Annette Giesecke is Professor of Classics at the University of Delaware, USA.
Volume 3 in the Cultural History of Plants set.
General Editors: Annette Giesecke, University of Delaware, USA, and David Mabberley, University of Oxford, UK.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Series Preface
- Editors’ Note
- Introduction: “I am sorry to say that I do not recognise them”
- 1 Plants as Staple Foods: Europe in the Post-Classical Era
- 2 Plants as Luxury Foods: “And they germinated very well”
- 3 Trade and Exploration: Plant Hunting 1450–1650
- 4 Plant Technology and Science: Frondi tenere e belle
- 5 Plants and Medicine
- 6 Plants in Culture
- 7 Plants as Natural Ornaments
- 8 The Representation of Plants: More than Just a Pretty Face?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
- Imprint