Late Ancient & Medieval Population Control

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Late Ancient and Medieval Population Control (Memoir 160)

Late Ancient & Medieval Population Control

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By Josiah Cox Russell
Year: 1985
Pages: 272
Binding Hardcover (no d.j.)
ISBN 0871691604

Product Code: 0788195069

Description

Memoir 160
Who controlled population in the Middle Ages? Did medieval people really think about the possibility of population control or did they act without thought in the matter? Chapters: the population of Pompeii & Rome; the villages of the dead; to quicken the dead; how long did they live?; potential energy & dependency; the spread of TB in the West; the earlier medieval plague in the British Isles, & on the Continent; the threat of too many mouths; population stability, A.D. 0-1000; the medieval population crisis, 1000-1348; divergent trends of population control; tests of demographic interests; the strength of will to control; climate & migration; & burial of heretics in the Middle Ages. Bibliography. 53 tables.

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