Straws in the wind medieval urban environmental law the case of northern italy 1st edition by zupko ronald e laures robert a 1996 paperback books amazonca. Straws in the wind medieval urban environmental law the case of northern italy by ronald e zupko 1996 06 14 ronald e zupkorobert a laures books amazonca. Paolo squatriti straws in the wind medieval urban environmental law the case of northern italy by ronald e zupko and robert a laures boulder colo west. The history of the medieval towns of northern and central italy opens a window onto the concerns of urban elites throughout the medieval world regarding the environment and quality of life in straws in the wind the authors demonstrate that legislative efforts to control the environment were neither haphazard nor accidental rather they were ratio. The quest to create a decent world to maintain a clean environment and to nurture a self renewing inheritance to pass on to future generations is not unique to the twentieth century rather as ronald zupko and robert laures show in this fascinating study of medieval environmental attitudes and regulations it has been the recurring dream of