Medieval HuntingUsing 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. |
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These animals are easily differentiated from conies by their larger size and longer ears . 56. MG , 1909 , pp . 63 and 261 . 57 . Grant Uden , A Dictionary of Chivalry ( Harmondsworth , 1968 ; repr . 1977 ) , p . 82 . 58.
These animals are easily differentiated from conies by their larger size and longer ears . 56. MG , 1909 , pp . 63 and 261 . 57 . Grant Uden , A Dictionary of Chivalry ( Harmondsworth , 1968 ; repr . 1977 ) , p . 82 . 58.
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Grant Uden , A Dictionary of Chivalry ( Harmondsworth , 1968 ) , p . 157 . 102. Twiti , The Art of Hunting : 1327 , p . 23 . 103. Maurice Keen , Chivalry ( New Haven and London , 1984 ) , p . 249 . 104. MG , 1904 , p . 118 . 105.
Grant Uden , A Dictionary of Chivalry ( Harmondsworth , 1968 ) , p . 157 . 102. Twiti , The Art of Hunting : 1327 , p . 23 . 103. Maurice Keen , Chivalry ( New Haven and London , 1984 ) , p . 249 . 104. MG , 1904 , p . 118 . 105.
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Uden , Grant , A Dictionary of Chivalry ( Harmondsworth , 1968 ; repr . 1977 ) . Villon , François , Selected Poems , trans . Peter Dale ( London , 1978 ; repr . 1988 ) . Walton , Izaak , and Cotton , Charles , The Complete Angler ...
Uden , Grant , A Dictionary of Chivalry ( Harmondsworth , 1968 ; repr . 1977 ) . Villon , François , Selected Poems , trans . Peter Dale ( London , 1978 ; repr . 1988 ) . Walton , Izaak , and Cotton , Charles , The Complete Angler ...
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Contents
One Delite and Other Functions | 13 |
Two Lordes to Honte | 28 |
Three Bestis and Crafte | 61 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Medieval Hunting |
| Author | Richard Almond |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Sutton, 2003 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0750921625, 9780750921626 |
| Length | 216 pages |
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