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Animals and hunters in the late Middle Ages : evidence from the BnF MS fr. 616 of the Livre de chasse by Gaston Fébus
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Animals and hunters in the late Middle Ages : evidence from the BnF MS fr. 616 of the Livre de chasse by Gaston Fébus / Hannele Klemettilä.
ISBN
9781138842335 (hardback)
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2015.
Physical Description
xiv, 249 pages : ǂb illustrations ; ǂc 24 cm.
Summary
"This book explores views of the natural world in the late Middle Ages, especially as expressed in Livre de chasse (Book of the Hunt), the most influential hunting book of the era. It shows that killing and maiming, suffering and the death of animals were not insignificant topics to late medieval men, but constituted a complex set of issues, and could provoke very contradictory thoughts and feelings that varied according social and cultural milieus and particular cases and circumstances"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 14, 2015
Series
Routledge research in museum studies ; 9
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Introduction
Part II. The Game
Fébusian Bestiary
Noble and Ignoble Endings
Post-Mortem Products
Part III. The Hound
Types of Hunting Dogs
Daily Care and Training of Hunting Dogs
Canine Ailments, Old Age, and Death
Part IV. The Hunter
The Career of a Huntsman
A Path to Paradise : Goals and Benefits of Hunting
The Good Hunter
Part V. Conclusion.
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