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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008
A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age investigates the changing roles of animals in medieval culture, economy and society in the period 1000 to 1400. The period saw significant changes in scientific and philosophical approaches to animals as well as their representation in art. Animals were omnipresent in medieval everyday life. They had enormous importance for medieval agriculture and trade and were also hunted for food and used in popular entertainments. At the same time, animals were kept as pets and used to display their owner's status, whilst medieval religion attributed complex symbolic meanings to animals.
A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.
A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age investigates the changing roles of animals in medieval culture, economy and society in the period 1000 to 1400. The period saw significant changes in scientific and philosophical approaches to animals as well as their representation in art. Animals were omnipresent in medieval everyday life. They had enormous importance for medieval agriculture and trade and were also hunted for food and used in popular entertainments. At the same time, animals were kept as pets and used to display their owner's status, whilst medieval religion attributed complex symbolic meanings to animals.
A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008
A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age investigates the changing roles of animals in medieval culture, economy and society in the period 1000 to 1400. The period saw significant changes in scientific and philosophical approaches to animals as well as their representation in art. Animals were omnipresent in medieval everyday life. They had enormous importance for medieval agriculture and trade and were also hunted for food and used in popular entertainments. At the same time, animals were kept as pets and used to display their owner's status, whilst medieval religion attributed complex symbolic meanings to animals.
A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.
A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age investigates the changing roles of animals in medieval culture, economy and society in the period 1000 to 1400. The period saw significant changes in scientific and philosophical approaches to animals as well as their representation in art. Animals were omnipresent in medieval everyday life. They had enormous importance for medieval agriculture and trade and were also hunted for food and used in popular entertainments. At the same time, animals were kept as pets and used to display their owner's status, whilst medieval religion attributed complex symbolic meanings to animals.
A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.
Über den Autor
Brigitte Resl is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Liverpool and is author of Understanding Animals, 1150-1350 and co-author of Writing Nature in the Early Middle Ages.
Zusammenfassung
Also available in hardback, 9781845203696, £60.00 (April 2009)
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Animals in the Middle Ages
Brigitte Resl, University of Liverpool
1. Animals in Medieval Folklore and Religion
Sophie Page, University College London
2. Medieval Hunting
An Smets, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Baudouin van den Abeele, Université Catholique de Louvain
3. Domestication
Esther Pascua, University of St. Andrews
4. Animals in Medieval Sports, Entertainments, and Menageries
Lisa Kiser, Ohio State University
5. Animals in Medieval Science
Pieter Beullens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
6. Philosophical Beliefs
Pieter De Leemans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Matthew Klemm, John Hopkins University
7. Animals in Art in the Middle Ages
Brigitte Resl, University of Liverpool
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Brigitte Resl, University of Liverpool
1. Animals in Medieval Folklore and Religion
Sophie Page, University College London
2. Medieval Hunting
An Smets, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Baudouin van den Abeele, Université Catholique de Louvain
3. Domestication
Esther Pascua, University of St. Andrews
4. Animals in Medieval Sports, Entertainments, and Menageries
Lisa Kiser, Ohio State University
5. Animals in Medieval Science
Pieter Beullens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
6. Philosophical Beliefs
Pieter De Leemans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Matthew Klemm, John Hopkins University
7. Animals in Art in the Middle Ages
Brigitte Resl, University of Liverpool
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Importe |
| Rubrik: | Sozialwissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781847888181 |
| ISBN-10: | 1847888186 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Redaktion: | Resl, Brigitte |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury 3PL |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 244 x 170 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Brigitte Resl |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.02.2011 |
| Gewicht: | 0,482 kg |