Since the late Middle Ages, Ljubljana was the largest town in Carniola (ca. 5000 inhabitants). With it's well preserved sources it is an excellent example to illustrate the relations between an urban centre and its natural environment in the Later Middle Ages. The study examins the role of water in the city's economy (transport, hygiene, drinking, food, energy etc.), the needs and sources of wood supply (for construction, fuel, raw materials) and ways of providing the city with the essential food supply for which end the areas in the immediate vicinity were used for intensive agricultural purposes (gardens, orchards, fields, meadows and pastures). As such it presents a ground breaking study in Slovenian historiography.
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