By 1300, medieval men and women were beginning to measure multitude, counting, for example, numbers of boys and girls being baptized. Their mental capacity to grapple with population was developing, and this book describes how medieval people thought about population. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 747. . 2003. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Measure of Multitude. Population in Medieval Thought.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0199265593
ISBN 13: 9780199265596
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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This innovative study challenges the view that medieval thought was fundamentally abstract. He describes what medieval people 'thought' about population, studying the texts which contained their thought, and examining the medieval realities which shaped it, such as birth, birth-control, sex-ratio, marriage ages, length of life, and the population of the Holy Land.

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Peter Biller is a Professor of History, University of York.

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