Medieval Pets

di Kathleen Walker-Meikle (Autore)

Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2012

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.

• Autore: Kathleen Walker-Meikle
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 200 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 464 gr.
• EAN: 9781843837589

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