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Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, interest in science vanished in the West. Some texts, however, were preserved in monasteries, especially in Ireland and Northern Britain. As illustrated in the great and popular books called bestiaries, the perceived purpose of nature was to serve humans by providing food, labor, or moral lessons.
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Lutz, P.L. (2002). The Middle Ages. In: The Rise of Experimental Biology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-163-3_7
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