Medieval HuntingThe History Press, 2011 M10 24 - 224 pages Hunting was a major economic and leisure activity throughout the European Middle Ages, and while aristocratic practices have featured in studies of romantic and narrative literature, hunting in its wider sense, across the social spectrum with attendant male and female roles, has larged been ignored by modern medieval historians. Richard Almond's study brings vividly to life the universality and centrality of hunting to medieval societies, both as an economic necessity and as an expression of medieval humanity's amost atavistic sense of oneness with nature. Medieval Hunting dispels some of the myths and misunderstandings about hunting, including the persistent view that it was exclusively an aristocratic pursuit and a male one at that. Using a wide variety of contemporary textual and art historical evidence, Richard Almond demonstrates convincingly that hunting, including fishing and all manner of poaching, was enjoyed by all classes, and by women as well as men. |
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... of age or litel elder . . .'.7 According to Nicholas Orme, the tradition of including hunting in the curriculum of young nobles, particularly heroes, dates back to the epics of the twelfth century.8 Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan ...
... of age or litel elder . . .'.7 According to Nicholas Orme, the tradition of including hunting in the curriculum of young nobles, particularly heroes, dates back to the epics of the twelfth century.8 Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan ...
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... of leisure, a mark of the ruling élite. This entitlement was therefore much sought after by those with any pretensions to gentility. The wellbred author of Tristan, Gottfried von Strassburg, commented in 1210 that this occurred in ...
... of leisure, a mark of the ruling élite. This entitlement was therefore much sought after by those with any pretensions to gentility. The wellbred author of Tristan, Gottfried von Strassburg, commented in 1210 that this occurred in ...
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... of medieval romance and other imaginative literature containing passages on hunting reveal their own gentle origins by demonstrating their personal knowledge of hunting. Gottfried von Strassburg, the author of Tristan, was probably a member ...
... of medieval romance and other imaginative literature containing passages on hunting reveal their own gentle origins by demonstrating their personal knowledge of hunting. Gottfried von Strassburg, the author of Tristan, was probably a member ...
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Contents
Three Bestis and Crafte | |
Four Everyman | |
Five Crossing the Barriers | |
Six Medieval Dianas | |
Seven Conclusions | |
Bibliography | |
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