{"product_id":"9781800816275","title":"The Green Ages : Medieval Innovations in Sustainability","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Kehnel, Annette \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEuropean history\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 August 2025 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages, TBC\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 23 | 288g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2021 NDR BOOK PRIZE IN GERMANY 'A must-read' Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, OxfordFishing quotas on Lake Constance. Common lands in the UK. The medieval answer to Depop in the middle of Frankfurt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are all just some of the sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages that Annette Kehnel illuminates in her astounding new book, The Green Ages.  From the mythical-sounding City of Ladies and their garden economy to early microcredit banks and rent-a-cow schemes, Kehnel uncovers a world at odds with what we might think of as the typical medieval existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePre-modern history is full of inspiring examples and concepts that open up new horizons. And we urgently need them as today's challenges - finite resources, the twilight of consumerism, growing inequality - threaten what we have come to think of as a modern way of living sustainably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a revelatory look at the past that has the power to change our future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55581055910274,"sku":"9781800816275","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781800816275.jpg?v=1755696905","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9781800816275","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}