Medieval Hunting.

Almond, Richard.

ISBN 10: 0750921625 / ISBN 13: 9780750921626

Edité par Sutton Publishing, Stroud., 2003

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First edition, 2003. Signature on front free endpaper, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper. 216 p.

N° de réf. du vendeur 002618

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Medieval Hunting.
• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing, Stroud.
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0750921625
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780750921626
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Plates throughout.
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Type de livre: Book

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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.