Animals and courts : Europe, c. 1200-1800 / edited by Mark Hengerer and Nadir Weber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hengerer, Mark, editor.

Weber, Nadir, editor.

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Charles J. Stille Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-animal relationships.

History.

Courts and courtiers.

Europe--Court and courtiers--History.

Europe.

Human-animal relationships--Europe--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 434 pages) : illustrations (some color

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction / Hengerer, Mark / Weber, Nadir

Meaningful Movements: Animal Circulation and Intercourt Relations

Hunting with Cheetahs at European Courts: From the Origins to the End of a Fashion / Buquet, Thierry

The Black Francolin: Assessing the Origins of a Prized Courtly Bird in an Interdisciplinary Manner / Forcina, Giovanni / Guerrini, Monica / Zeder, Melinda A. / Barbanera, Filippo

Non-European Animals and the Construction of Royalty at the Renaissance Portuguese Court / Simões, Catarina

Animals as Agents of Networking and Cultural Transfer: The Dukes of Ferrara and their Relations to German Courts in the Sixteenth Century / Taddei, Elena

Formative Interactions: Horses, Dogs, and the Making of the Courtier

On Courtly Discipline: Animal Rituals and Noble Self-fashioning in Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan / Weitbrecht, Julia

Marketing Nobility: Horsemanship in Renaissance Italy / Cooley, Mackenzie

Stable Design and Horse Management at the Italian Renaissance Court / Duncan, Sarah G.

Horses, Bulls, and Cavaleiros at the Portuguese Court 1640-1800 / Villiers, John

Lively Representations: Animals, Rank, and Courtly Sociality

Lively Representations: Animals, Rank, and Courtly Sociality / Jaser, Christian

Rubino, El Serpentino, Viola, and the Others: Renaissance Portraits of Dogs and Horses at the Court of the Gonzagas / Fémelat, Armelle

Staghounds and the Making of Excellence: Canine Knowledge and Royal Mastery in Sixteenth-Century France / Schmidt, Maike

Royal Equipage on its Way: Carriages and Court Ceremonial in Eighteenth-Century Munich / Bayreuther, Magdalena

Unruly Display: The Challenges of Working with Animals in Swedish Royal Spectacle / Persson, Fabian

Coded Emotions: Animals, Love, and Gender Relations

"God be with you, Sir Squirrel!" Pet Squirrels between Amorous Play and Animal Appetite, c. 1100-1650 / Aresin, Maria

A Woman's Life: The Role of Pets in the Lives of Royal Women at the Courts of Europe from 1400-1800 / MacDonogh, Katharine

"Triton as a friend": A Dog's Life at the Dessau Court, c. 1798-1811 / Erb, Andreas

Animal Deaths, Commemoration, and Afterlives at the Gonzaga Court and Beyond / Jonietz, Fabian

Epilogue

Comment: Animals at Court: Interspecies Relations in a Longue Durée Perspective / Roscher, Mieke

Indices

Index of names

Index of animals

Index of places

Index of concepts

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles J. Stille Fund.

ISBN:

9783110544794

3110544792

Publisher Number:

99985210827

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.