Medieval PetsBoydell Press, 2012 - 179 pages 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. |
Table des matières
1 The Medieval Pet | 1 |
2 Getting a Pet | 24 |
3 Pet Welfare | 39 |
4 Living with Pets | 55 |
5 Pets in Iconography | 75 |
6 Pets in Literature | 90 |
Conclusion | 108 |
Notes | 111 |
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| 175 | |
Backcover | 183 |
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