Medieval citizens took steps to actively avoid living in filth. But how did they accomplish it? What were some of the ground rules? And how did this change when your city was also surrounded by water? This week, Danièle speaks with Jane Stevens Crawshaw about environmental policies in fourteenth and fifteenth-century Genoa and Venice.
Jane Stevens Crawshaw is the Deputy Head for Strategy and Development at Oxford Brookes University, where her research focuses on the social, medical and environmental history of Renaissance Italy. You can learn more about Jane through her university webpage or follow her on X/Twitter @JLSCHist
Medieval citizens took steps to actively avoid living in filth. But how did they accomplish it? What were some of the ground rules? And how did this change when your city was also surrounded by water? This week, Danièle speaks with Jane Stevens Crawshaw about environmental policies in fourteenth and fifteenth-century Genoa and Venice.
Jane Stevens Crawshaw is the Deputy Head for Strategy and Development at Oxford Brookes University, where her research focuses on the social, medical and environmental history of Renaissance Italy. You can learn more about Jane through her university webpage or follow her on X/Twitter @JLSCHist
Jane L. Stevens Crawshaw’s new book is Cleaning Up Renaissance Italy: Environmental Ideals and Urban Practice in Genoa and Venice.
The creator and host of The Medieval Podcast is Danièle Cybulskie. Click here to visit her website or follow her on Twitter @5MinMedievalist
You can subscribe to The Medieval Podcast via iTunes, Spotify, Podbay, PlayerFM, our RSS feed or on Youtube
Top Image: Genoa depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle
Related Posts
Subscribe to Medievalverse