Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 463 g
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 463 g
ISBN: 978-1-78327-569-4
Verlag: Boydell Press
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 domestic companions 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.
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The Medieval Pet
Getting a pet
Pet welfare
Living with pets
Pets in iconography
Pets in literature
