Medieval Pets Hardback
by Kathleen Walker-Meikle
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An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature. Animals in the middle ages have often been discussed - but usually only as a source of food, as beasts of burden, or as aids for hunters.
This book takes a completely different angle, showing that they were also beloved domesticcompanions to their human owners, whether they were dogs, cats, monkeys, squirrels, and parrots.
It offers a full survey of pets and pet-keeping: from how they were acquired, kept, fed, exercised, and displayed, to the problems they could cause.
It also examines the representation of pets and their owners in art and literature; the many charming illustrations offer further evidence for the bonds between humans and their pets, then as now.
A wide range of sources, including chronicles, letters, sermons and poems, are used in what is both an authoritative and entertaining account. Dr KATHLEEN WALKER-MEIKLE gained her PhD at University College London.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, 8 colour. 20 b/w.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:18/10/2012
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- ISBN:9781843837589
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, 8 colour. 20 b/w.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:18/10/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781843837589