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Author Agresta, Abigail, 1987- author.

Title The keys to bread and wine : faith, nature, and infrastructure in late medieval Valencia / Abigail Agresta
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction : The Keys to Bread and Wine -- 1. The Works and Arts of Men : Irrigation and Environment -- 2. Waters Dedicated to Some Purposes : New Infrastructure -- 3. For the Beautification of the City : Chrisian Urban Reform -- 4. Divine Mercy and Help : Natural Disaster and the Rise of Rogation Processions -- 5. Seeking the Dew of His Grace : Droughts -- 6. From Purification to Protection : Plague -- That for Which the King of Kings Sent the Flood? : Floods and Locusts
Summary "This book shows how the city council of Valencia, Spain, in the later Middle Ages governed the environment around the city amid frequent natural disasters"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 15, 2022)
Subject Human ecology -- Spain -- Valencia -- History -- To 1500
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Spain -- Valencia -- History -- To 1500
Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Spain -- Valencia -- History -- To 1500
Natural disasters -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Natural disasters -- Spain -- Valencia -- History -- To 1500
Environmental policy -- Spain -- Valencia -- History -- To 1500
HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal
Ecology
Environmental policy
Human beings -- Effect of environment on
Human ecology
Natural disasters
Natural disasters -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
SUBJECT Valencia (Spain) -- Environmental conditions
Valencia (Spain) -- History -- To 1500
Valencia (Spain) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Spain -- Valencia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021054753
ISBN 9781501764189
1501764187
1501764195
9781501764196