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 36
... appears to have been derived directly from the animal being hunted by Gaston Fébus in MS fr . 616 and also closely resembles the bears which appear earlier in the same manuscript.39 Significantly , Le Livre du roy Modus et de la royne ...
... appears to have been derived directly from the animal being hunted by Gaston Fébus in MS fr . 616 and also closely resembles the bears which appear earlier in the same manuscript.39 Significantly , Le Livre du roy Modus et de la royne ...
Page 55
... appears to have been only just beginning , with few references in the available literature to breed provenance , the exception being some Spanish sources . Many good horses both from Byzantine and Moorish origins were entering Europe ...
... appears to have been only just beginning , with few references in the available literature to breed provenance , the exception being some Spanish sources . Many good horses both from Byzantine and Moorish origins were entering Europe ...
Page 59
... appear to have been the most constant of companions of their masters during journeys , in war and at home.134 It is therefore no surprise that the type appears so often in illustrated sources , particularly those which portray scenes of ...
... appear to have been the most constant of companions of their masters during journeys , in war and at home.134 It is therefore no surprise that the type appears so often in illustrated sources , particularly those which portray scenes of ...
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