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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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- PublisherAmerican Philosophical Society
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0788195069
- ISBN 13 9780788195068
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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Late Ancient and Medieval Population Control
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American Philosophical Society, 1985
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ISBN 13: 9780788195068
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