The Medieval Pig (eBook)

Dolly Jørgensen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
130 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80543-246-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources.The pig was a common sight in the Middle Ages. They might be eating under an oak tree, or out in a field. They might be in the street, with the swineherd close behind at their heels. They might be dismembered, for sale by a butcher. They might be represented on misericords, in a church or cathedral, dancing, playing the bagpipes, or suckling people. Pigs were in all these places. But what was the pig's place?This book considers pigs in medieval Europe from a number of angles: whether part of the countryside, the cityscape, on the plate or in the mind. Drawing on a rich wealth of sources, both textual and material, it examines in particular the paradoxes that the pig presented: both good and bad, fecund/fornicator, noble/filthy. It uncovers the pig's numerous roles in medieval society, how pigs shaped human life, and how humans shaped theirs.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.4.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages
• Reihe/Serie: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages
• Zusatzinfo: 26 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: agricultural history • animal husbandry • domestic animals • farming • human-animal relations • Natural History • Sus scrofa
• ISBN-10: 1-80543-246-X / 180543246X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80543-246-3 / 9781805432463