Medieval Pets (eBook)

Kathleen Walker-Meikle (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2012
200 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78204-040-8 (ISBN)

Infos

An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature.Animals in the middle ages have often been discussed - but usually only as a source of food, as beasts of burden, or as aids for hunters. This book takes a completely different angle, showing that they were also beloved domesticcompanions to their human owners, whether they were dogs, cats, monkeys, squirrels, and parrots. It offers a full survey of pets and pet-keeping: from how they were acquired, kept, fed, exercised, and displayed, to the problems they could cause. It also examines the representation of pets and their owners in art and literature; the many charming illustrations offer further evidence for the bonds between humans and their pets, then as now. A wide range of sources, including chronicles, letters, sermons and poems, are used in what is both an authoritative and entertaining account. Dr KATHLEEN WALKER-MEIKLE gained her PhD at University College London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.9.2016
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-78204-040-4 / 1782040404
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78204-040-8 / 9781782040408