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Quick cattle and dying wishes : people and their animals in early modern England
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Quick cattle and dying wishes : people and their animals in early modern England / Erica Fudge.
ISBN
9781501715075
1501715070
9781501715082
1501715089
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
xvii, 239 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
"An examination of what it was like to live and work with animals in early modern England"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Fudge, Erica. Quick cattle and dying wishes. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 10, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Goldelocks and the three bequests
Counting chickens in early modern Essex : writing animals into early modern will
The Fuller will and the agricultural worlds of people and animals
Named partners and other rugs : animals as co-workers in early modern England
Other-worldly matter : the immaterial value of animals
Less than kind : the transient animals of early modern London
Afterword : bovine nostalgia.
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