MEDIEVAL HUNTING. By Richard Almond.

Almond (Richard).

ISBN 10: 0750921625 / ISBN 13: 9780750921626

Edité par Sutton Publishing. Thrupp, Gloucestershire. 2003, 2003

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,216. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Bookplate to front end-paper else very good in dust-wrapper. "Mediaeval Hunting dispels some of the myths and misunderstandings about hunting, including the view that it was chiefly an aristocratic pursuit, and a male one at that. Richard Almond shows that hunting (in which he includes fishing, hawking and poaching) was enjoyed by all classes, and by women as well as men. Using a variety of sources .the author offers a detailed and captivating picture of a pre-urban world from which the modern age has much to learn in terms of land use and conservation. .[this book] has much to offer those interested in the countryside and modern field sports." .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: MEDIEVAL HUNTING. By Richard Almond.
• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing. Thrupp, Gloucestershire. 2003
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0750921625
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780750921626
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale

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Synopsis

Using a variety of sources (hunting treatises, assize books, manorial and ecclesiastical records, books of hours and literary collections) and pictures (which include the Emperor Maxmillian stag hunting, two ladies jousting, peasants "rabbiting" with ferrets and camouflage techniques such as disguising yourself as a woodcock), this book aims to bring to life the centrality of hunting to medieval societies, both as an economic necessity and as an expression of medieval humanity's sense of oneness with nature. Almond shows that all classes enjoyed hunting (in which he includes fishing, hawking and poaching) and women enjoyed it as well as men. This book aims to dispel some of the myths and misunderstandings about hunting, including the view that it was chiefly an aristocratic pursuit, and a male one at that.

À propos de l?auteur

Richard Almond is course leade in history at Darlington College a college of Teeside University, where he is in charge of the BA History programme. He has written numerous articles on medieval hunting for Deer: The Journal of the British Deer Society, Medieval History and Medium Aevum.