• 1. Introduction to medieval demographic thought ; PART 1: THE CHURCH AND GENERATION ; 2. Marriage and the Church's texts ; 3. William of Auvergne ; 4. An equal or unequal number of men and women ; 5. The precept of marriage and sufficient multiplication ; 6. Avoidance of offspring (i): the general picture ; 7. Avoidance of offspring (ii): Canon law and Sentences commentaries ; 8. Avoidance of offspring (iii): the pastoral picture ; PART 2: THE MAP OF THE WORLD ; 9. Inhabitation of the world ; PART 3: ARISTOTLE AND MULTITUDE ; 10. Animals and the life-span ; 11. The Politics (i): reception ; 12. The Politics (ii): age at marriage ; 13. The Politics (iii): multitude ; THE LIGHT OF THE COMMON DAY ; 14. The Bulging circuit of Florence ; Epigraph: The Climate of Thought ; Bibliography ; Index of Manuscripts ; General Index

... this tour de force of intellectual archaeology ... a fascinating exposition of a whole series of 'demographic' subjects to which medieval writers gave their attention.

• 1. Introduction to medieval demographic thought ; PART 1: THE CHURCH AND GENERATION ; 2. Marriage and the Church's texts ; 3. William of Auvergne ; 4. An equal or unequal number of men and women ; 5. The precept of marriage and sufficient multiplication ; 6. Avoidance of offspring (i): the general picture ; 7. Avoidance of offspring (ii): Canon law and Sentences commentaries ; 8. Avoidance of offspring (iii): the pastoral picture ; PART 2: THE MAP OF THE WORLD ; 9. Inhabitation of the world ; PART 3: ARISTOTLE AND MULTITUDE ; 10. Animals and the life-span ; 11. The Politics (i): reception ; 12. The Politics (ii): age at marriage ; 13. The Politics (iii): multitude ; THE LIGHT OF THE COMMON DAY ; 14. The Bulging circuit of Florence ; Epigraph: The Climate of Thought ; Bibliography ; Index of Manuscripts ; General Index

... this tour de force of intellectual archaeology ... a fascinating exposition of a whole series of 'demographic' subjects to which medieval writers gave their attention.

• 1. Introduction to medieval demographic thought ; PART 1: THE CHURCH AND GENERATION ; 2. Marriage and the Church's texts ; 3. William of Auvergne ; 4. An equal or unequal number of men and women ; 5. The precept of marriage and sufficient multiplication ; 6. Avoidance of offspring (i): the general picture ; 7. Avoidance of offspring (ii): Canon law and Sentences commentaries ; 8. Avoidance of offspring (iii): the pastoral picture ; PART 2: THE MAP OF THE WORLD ; 9. Inhabitation of the world ; PART 3: ARISTOTLE AND MULTITUDE ; 10. Animals and the life-span ; 11. The Politics (i): reception ; 12. The Politics (ii): age at marriage ; 13. The Politics (iii): multitude ; THE LIGHT OF THE COMMON DAY ; 14. The Bulging circuit of Florence ; Epigraph: The Climate of Thought ; Bibliography ; Index of Manuscripts ; General Index

... this tour de force of intellectual archaeology ... a fascinating exposition of a whole series of 'demographic' subjects to which medieval writers gave their attention.