Wood

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction: Praising Wood, Caring for Wood, Splitting Wood – and a Historical Synthesis 1

Chapter 1 Paths into the Thicket of History 13

1 The ‘Wood Age’ 14

2 Man and Forest: Stories and History 28

3 Wood and Historical Change 34

Chapter 2 Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: Maximum Exploitation and the Beginnings of Sustainability 56

1 Medieval Society and the Limits of th...