Animals and Courts : Europe, c. 1200-1800 / Mark Hengerer, Nadir Weber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hengerer, Mark, Editor.

Weber, Nadir, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tierhaltung.

Human-animal studies.

Animals.

Courts.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages)

Place of Publication:

München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Early modern princely courts were not only inhabited by humans, but also by a large number of animals. This coexistence of non-human living beings had crucial impacts on the spatial organization, the social composition and cultural life at these courts. The contributions enrich our knowledge on another aspect of court life and invite to reconsider our basic understandings of court, courtiers and court society.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Introduction

Hunting with Cheetahs at European Courts: From the Origins to the End of a Fashion

The Black Francolin: Assessing the Origins of a Prized Courtly Bird in an Interdisciplinary Manner

Non-European Animals and the Construction of Royalty at the Renaissance Portuguese Court

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

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

Marketing Nobility: Horsemanship in Renaissance Italy

Stable Design and Horse Management at the Italian Renaissance Court

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

Lively Representations: Animals, Rank, and Courtly Sociality

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

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

Royal Equipage on its Way: Carriages and Court Ceremonial in Eighteenth-Century Munich

Unruly Display: The Challenges of Working with Animals in Swedish Royal Spectacle

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

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

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

Animal Deaths, Commemoration, and Afterlives at the Gonzaga Court and Beyond

Comment: Animals at Court: Interspecies Relations in a Longue Durée Perspective

Index of names

Index of animals

Index of places

Index of concepts

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110542769

3110542765

9783110544794

3110544792

OCLC:

1135572456