WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD? new perspectives on natural.

WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD? new perspectives on natural.

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Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] ROUTLEDGE, 2020.
Series:The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs.
Subjects:
Natural disasters > Europe > History > To 1500.
Environmental disasters > Europe > History > To 1500.
Archaeology, Medieval > Europe.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of figures and plates
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Researching natural disasters in the later Middle Ages
  • Background
  • Medieval disasters and archaeology
  • Disasters in the middle ages
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Part I Tectonic hazards
  • Chapter 2 Rituals of resilience: The interpretative archaeology of post-seismic recovery in medieval Europe
  • Adaptation and resilience to medieval seismic disasters
  • The archaeological evidence for human victims
  • The holy host, the corpus christi and the symbology of the survivors
  • Wells in the seismic aftermath
  • Wall-ties and lilies: integrating technological and divine protection
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Medieval earthquakes in Italy: Perceptions and reactions
  • Contemporary reactions to earthquakes in medieval Italy
  • The impact of seismic events
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Seismic adaptation in the Latin churches of Cyprus
  • Background
  • The survival of churches
  • Scholars in the past
  • The shaking earth
  • Structural responses
  • Accretion of structure
  • Centralized plan: Alignment of the centres of mass and rigidity
  • Supported flanks
  • Side chapels
  • Flying buttresses
  • Support of superstructure
  • Two-storey elevations
  • Openings for doors and windows
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Architectural heritage and ancient earthquakes in Italy: The constraints and potential of archaeoseismological research applied to medieval buildings
  • The church of santi vittore e corona
  • The architectural evolution of the complex
  • Validating the seismic origin of a damage pattern
  • Dating seismic events and comparisons with seismic catalogues
  • Archaeoseismological research in the Mugello district, florence
  • The research
  • Archaeoseismological results from the Mugello case studies
  • A chrono-typological atlas of seismic protection systems in the Mugello district
  • Traces of an unknown earthquake of the mid-13th century
  • Archaeoseismological research in architectural contexts
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 6 Medieval tsunamis in the Mediterranean and Atlantic: Towards an archaeological perspective
  • What is a tsunami?
  • European tsunamis in brief
  • Archaeological and geological signatures
  • The 'draw down'
  • The 'swash' and sediment sheets
  • 'Trimlines' and the 'backwash'
  • Megaclasts
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Volcanic eruptions and historical landscape on Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Background
  • History of study
  • Historical archaeology and volcanoes
  • Sources and methods of investigation on lanzarote

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