Images of Nature: From the Middle Ages to (Non-)Western Modernities - Hardcoverby Jon Mathieu (Guest Editor), Simona Boscani Leoni (Guest Editor) Natura is a polysemic Latin word that has accompanied the historical development of the West for centuries, spreading around much of the globe with colonialism and imperialism. It has been adopted in numerous languages. Our relationship with nature has become a highly charged issue at least since the "ecological turn" around 1970. It is as much about the relationship of humans to the