UID:
almahu_9947413027102882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 179 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781782040408 (ebook)
Content:
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. Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle is a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the University of York, working on animals and medieval medicine.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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The medieval pet -- Getting a pet -- Pet welfare -- Living with pets -- Pets in iconography -- Pets in literature.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781843837589
Language:
English
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782040408/type/BOOK
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