Cultural History of Insects in the Renaissance

Series Preface
List of Illustrations

Introduction, Sherilyn G.F. Smith
1. Insect Knowledge, Peter Mancall
2. Insects & Disease: Unsuspected Agents of Death, Michelle Ziegler and Sherilyn G.F. Smith
3. Insects and Food Michael, Blust, E.M. Aldosoro Maya, and Evangelina Blust
4. Insect Products, Sherilyn G.F. Smith and Gene Kritsky
5. Insects in Mythology & Religion, Darryl Caterine
6. Insects as Symbols: Symbolism in the Christian Renaissance, Lucinda Cole
7. Insects in Literature & Language: From Chaucer to Shakespeare, Ann Martinez
8. Insects in Art: Art as Culture, Art as Science, Cynthia M. Pyle

Endnotes
Bibliography
Contributors List
Index

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• Antropologia social e cultural
• Pensamento e ideologia ambientalista
• Insectos (entomologia)
• Animais e sociedade
• História da engenharia e da tecnologia
• História da medicina
• História social e cultural

Entomology; agricultural study; disease; forensics; ants; bees; cockroaches; flies; pandemic; societal anxiety; religion; food; art; early modern era