CLAVIS Kunsthistorische Monografien

The Green Middle Ages: The Depiction and Use of Plants in the Western World 600-1600

1st Edition

Edited By Claudine Chavannes-Mazel, Linda IJpelaar
December 01, 2025

How 'green' were people in late antiquity and the Middle Ages? Unlike today, the nature around them was approached with faith, trust and care. The population size was many times smaller than today and human impact on nature not as extreme as it is now. People did not have to worry about issues like...