Preface
Content
About the authors
Contributors
PART I
1 Introduction - The crooked timber of humanity
Dainis Dauksta
2 Forests in landscapes - The myth of untouched wilderness
Eva Ritter
2.1 People and forests in prehistoric times
2.1.1 Hunter-gatherers in Europe
2.1.2 The mid-Holocene elm decline
2.1.3 The Great Transition
2.1.4 Early agricultural impacts on forests
2.2 Forest development in historical times
2.2.1 The great deforestation of the Ancient World
2.2.2 Impacts on forests in Northern and Central Europe
2.2.3 Forest protection and forest expansion
2.3 Conclusion
3 Overcoming Physicophobia - Forests as the sacred source of our human origins
Roy Jackson
3.1 The forest as nothing more than useful
3.2 Rousseau: Friend of the forest
3.2.1 The demystification of the forest
3.2.2 The Savage Man
3.3 Nietzsche and the sacredness of nature
3.3.1 Nietzsche's criticism of modernity
3.3.2 Nietzsche's religious experience
3.4 Conclusion
PART II
4 Royal forests - Hunting and other forest use in Medieval England
Della Hooke
4.1 Forests as game reserves
4.1.1 The location of forests
4.1.2 Forest rights and administration
4.2 Medieval hunting
4.2.1 Anglo-Saxon hunting and game reserves
4.2.2 Medieval hunting methods
4.2.3 Hunting iconography in medieval literature
4.3 The use of other forest resources
4.3.1 Forest pasture
4.3.2 Other forest products
4.4 The decline of the forests
4.5 Hunting in post-medieval times
4.6 Conclusion
5 Forests as commons - Changing traditions and governance in Europe
Christopher Short
5.1 Introduction to the commons
5.2 History of forests as commons in Europe
5.2.1 Northwestern Europe and the Alps
5.2.2 Southern Europe
5.2.3 United Kingdom
5.3 How the role and use of forests is changing
5.4 The relationship between people and forest commons
5.5 Conclusion
6 New forest owners - Small scale forestry and changes in forest ownership
Aine Ni Dhubhain
6.1 What is small-scale forestry?
6.2 Characteristics of small-scale forests
6.3 Owners of small-scale forests
6.3.1 Ownership structure
6.3.2 Objectives of small-scale forest owners
6.4 Nature of small-scale forests
6.5 Consequences of the changing ownership structure
6.5.1 Forest fragmentation
6.5.2 Recreation and access
6.5.3 Timber production
6.5.4 Nature conservation
6.6 Conclusion
7 Forest and recreation - New functions of afforestation as seen in Denmark
Carla K. Smink
7.1 Forest recreation: a policy perspective
7.2 Forest use in Denmark
7.3 Afforestation: creation of recreation opportunities
7.4 Conclusion
PART III
8 From post to pillar - The development and persistence of an arboreal metaphor
Dainis Dauksta
8.1 The wooden post in prehistory and the growth of symbols
8.1.1 Timber circles
8.1.2 Celtic and La Tene sites
8.2 The layering of connected symbols
8.2.1 The anthropomorphic tree
8.2.2 The lopped tree, the axe and the thunder god
8.2.3 The Maypole
8.3 The Classical column
8.4 Two modern vestiges of the sacred pillar
8.5 Conclusion
9 Landscape painting and the forest - The influence of cultural factors in the depiction of trees and forests
Dainis Dauksta
9.1 Medieval symbolic and factual landscapes
9.1.1 Symbols of Christ, crucifixion and redemption
9.1.2 Perspective, nature and classical mythology
9.1.3 Hunting, forestry and country life
9.2 Poetic landscapes as concept
9.3 New symbolic and factual landscapes
9.4 Modern transcendentalism and symbolism
9.4.1 David Jones; a coalescence of ancient themes
9.4.2 Modern symbolism: irony, the sacred and the secular
9.5 Conclusion
10 Space and place - Popular perceptions of forests
Carl Griffin
10.1 Space and place
10.1.1 A range of perceptions, a range of perspectives
10.1.2 Understanding popular perceptions of forests
10.2 Forests in the landscape and the popular imagination
10.2.1 Changing meanings, changing contexts
10.2.2 Forests as places apart
10.3 The cultural distinctiveness of forests
10.3.1 Floral and faunal cultures
10.3.2 Everyday cultures
10.4 Conclusions: persistences and reimaginings
11 Materiality and identity - Forests, trees and senses of belonging
Owain Jones
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Identity
11.3 Forests, identity and place
11.3.1 Forests as material places of becoming
11.3.2 Forests of places of (sensed) dwelling
11.4 Forests and practices of identities
11.4.1 Global sense of identity
11.4.2 National sense of identity
11.4.3 Regional sense of identity
11.4.4 Local and individual sense of identity
11.5 Complex and contested identities
11.5.1 Forests as spaces of otherness
11.5.2 Forests as places to lose identity
11.5.3 Forests as places to find identity
11.5.4 Forests: Gender and identity
11.6 Conclusion
12 Definition and concepts - The etymology and use of the concepts forests and landscape
Hanna Byskov Ovesen and Kirsten Krogh Hansen
12.1 The use of concepts
12.2 Forest
12.2.1 Etymology
12.2.2 Present use
12.3 Landscape
12.3.1 Etymology
12.3.2 Present use
12.4 Conclusion
PART IV
13 Tree use and landscape changes - Development of a woodland area in Sweden
Marten Aronsson and Eva Ritter
13.1 The area of Brabygden
13.2 Tree species in the Brabygden area
13.2.1 The natural tree vegetation
13.2.2 The function and use of tree species
13.3 Human impact on forests, trees and the landscape
13.3.1 Grazing and browsing
13.3.2 Forest fires and slash-and-burn cultivation
13.3.3 Tar distillation and charcoal production
13.3.4 Pollards and leaf-fodder harvesting
13.3.5 Population growth
13.4 Landscape development during medieval times
13.5 Landscape development since the 18th century
13.5.1 Forest description and forest functions
13.5.2 Landscape development
13.5.3 Land us changes during the 20th century
13.6 Some thoughts about the future
14 Forest landscapes in Europe - Visual characteristics and the role of arboriculture
Eva Ritter
14.1 Landscape perception and analysis
14.1.1 Landscape perception and preferences
14.1.2 Concepts of landscape analysis
14.2 Visual landscape characteristics
14.2.1 Degree of openness
14.2.2 Complexity and contrast
14.3 Tree use and landscape development
14.4 Aesthetics in landscape management
14.5 Conclusion
PART V
15 Conclusions - Towards a symbiotic relationship
Eva Ritter and Dainis Dauksta
15.1 Contradicting forest values
15.2 Changing attitudes and relationships
15.3 Future perspectives
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