Medieval HuntingSutton, 2003 - 216 pages 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. |
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Page 149
... active participation of women , so they took the least controversial route and did not acknowledge them in their books . Literary sources frequently mention women hunting in classical antiquity , such as Theseus's Queen Hippolyta and ...
... active participation of women , so they took the least controversial route and did not acknowledge them in their books . Literary sources frequently mention women hunting in classical antiquity , such as Theseus's Queen Hippolyta and ...
Page 160
... active part played by women in the two previous examples . The sequence portrays a male falconer flying his pair of falcons at winged quarry and then presenting the prey to his lady . Two other ladies , apparently of lower rank , pluck ...
... active part played by women in the two previous examples . The sequence portrays a male falconer flying his pair of falcons at winged quarry and then presenting the prey to his lady . Two other ladies , apparently of lower rank , pluck ...
Page 165
... active involvement of women in hunting is unknown and probably impossible to quantify . What appears clear is that there were gender - specific roles and rituals associated with the noble hunt , reflecting a demarcation between male and ...
... active involvement of women in hunting is unknown and probably impossible to quantify . What appears clear is that there were gender - specific roles and rituals associated with the noble hunt , reflecting a demarcation between male and ...
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