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The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times

Alfred Biese

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When did people first look at a mountain and call it beautiful? Alfred Biese traces the growing love of nature through the Middle Ages and into modern times, from wary suspicion to open delight. A thoughtful history of how the human heart learned to cherish the outdoors. Discover how the world came to see nature as a joy.

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50 chapters

  1. 1The Development
  2. 2Feeling for Nature
  3. 3In the Middle Ages and Modern Times
  4. 4ALFRED BIESE
  5. 5Table of Contents
  6. 6AUTHOR'S PREFACE
  7. 7INTRODUCTION
  8. 8CHAPTER I
  9. 9CHRISTIANITY AND GERMANISM
  10. 10CHAPTER II
  11. 11THE THEOLOGICAL CHRISTIAN AND THE SYMPATHETIC HEATHEN FEELING OF THE FIRST TEN CENTURIES A.D.
  12. 12CHAPTER III
  13. 13THE NAIVE FEELING AT THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES
  14. 14CHAPTER IV
  15. 15INDIVIDUALISM AND SENTIMENTAL FEELING AT THE RENAISSANCE
  16. 16CHAPTER V
  17. 17ENTHUSIASM FOR NATURE AMONG THE DISCOVERERS AND CATHOLIC MYSTICS
  18. 18CHAPTER VI

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