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Medieval Pets

Medieval Pets

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryPets: General

ISBN10: 1843837587
ISBN13: 9781843837589
Publisher: Boydell Pr
Published: Oct 18 2012
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
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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