Medieval Frontier

Hardbound book fine. Dust jacket condition: near fine. Green dust jacket protected in mylar sleave; dark green cloth boards fine with bright silver titles at spine; sewn binding sound; pages and illustrations fine. 293 pages; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1; 1 lb. 13.5 oz. shipping weight. One might call this book a study in palaeo-geography or as the series title indicates a study in environmental history. TeBrake''s object of study is Rijnland a coastal area of the Netherlands and a region constantly at war with the encroaching sea. The title Medieval Frontier refers to the time period under study from the mid-tenth century to the mid-14th century. The volume recounts the region''s efforts to deal with the sea level rise - perhaps the result of warming in the centuries preceding the Little Ice Age of the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. This is a fascinating study in light of recent climate change. Volume 7 of the Environmental History Series Texas A & M University Press edited by Martin V. Melosi