Medieval Hunting

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The History Press, 2011 M10 24 - 224 pages

Hunting was a major economic and leisure activity throughout the later European Middle Ages, but while aristocratic practices have featured in studies of romantic and narrative literature, hunting in its wider sense across the social spectrum and with attendant male and female roles - has largely 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 almost atavistic sense of oneness with nature. ' Medieval Hunting' dispels some of the myths and misunderstandings surrounding hunting, including the persistent views that it was exclusively an aristocratic, male pursuit. Using a wide variety of contemporary textual and art historical evidence, Richard Almond shows that hunting, including fishing and poaching, was enjoyed by women as well as men.

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Contents

Acknowledgements
One Delite and Other Functions
Two Lordes to Honte
Three Bestis and Crafte
Four Everyman
Five Crossing the Barriers
Six Medieval Dianas
Seven Conclusions
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About the author (2011)

Richard Almond is a freelance writer and historian who has written a number of articles on medieval hunting and art history for BBC History, History Today, Medieval History, Medieval Life, and Past and Present.

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