A cultural history of animals in the Medieval Age / edited by Brigitte Resl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pohl-Resl, Brigitte.

Kalof, Linda, editor.

Series:

Cultural history of animals ; v. 2.

The Cultural Histories Series ; volume 2

Cultural history of animals ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals and civilization.

Human-animal relationships--History.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Explores the sacred and the symbolic (totem, sacrifice, status and popular beliefs); hunting; domestication (taming, breeding, labour and companionship); entertainment and exhibitions (the menagerie, zoos, circuses and carnivals); science and specimens (research, education, collections and museums); philosophical beliefs; and artistic representations.

Contents:

Introduction: Animals in Culture, ca. 1000-ca. 1400 / Brigitte Resl

1 Good Creation and Demonic Illusions: The Medieval Universe of Creatures / Sophie Page

2 Medieval Hunting / An Smets and Baudouin van den Abeele

3 From Forest to Farm and Town: Domestic Animals from ca. 1000 to ca. 1450 / Esther Pascua

4 Animals in Medieval Sports, Entertainment, and Menageries / Lisa J. Kiser

5 Like a Book Written by God's Finger: Animals Showing the Path toward God / Pieter Beullens

6 Animals and Anthropology in Medieval Philosophy / Pieter De Leemans and Matthew Klemm

7 Beyond the Ark: Animals in Medieval Art / Brigitte Resl.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Title page of print version.

Other Format:

Print version: Resl, Brigitte A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age

ISBN:

9781350995123

1350995126

9781350995529

1350995525

OCLC:

1252735718