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 69
... beast for its great strength but not for its low intellect , ' il sont tous estourdiz , et , si fort y sont feruz'.46 Rather ironically , Fébus died in 1391 after returning from a bear hunt in the forest of Sauveterre.47 In Iberia the ...
... beast for its great strength but not for its low intellect , ' il sont tous estourdiz , et , si fort y sont feruz'.46 Rather ironically , Fébus died in 1391 after returning from a bear hunt in the forest of Sauveterre.47 In Iberia the ...
Page 74
... beast . Once he was moved out of covert , the hart could be expected to double back , or ' ruse ' , and then take a wide leap off in a new direction to confuse the hounds . This was awkward and it was therefore important to drive the ...
... beast . Once he was moved out of covert , the hart could be expected to double back , or ' ruse ' , and then take a wide leap off in a new direction to confuse the hounds . This was awkward and it was therefore important to drive the ...
Page 75
... beast was despatched , the hounds were given brief leave to leap upon the carcass , bite the flesh and lap the blood , urged on by the hunters . This was part of the hounds ' training , particularly the younger intake , encouraging them ...
... beast was despatched , the hounds were given brief leave to leap upon the carcass , bite the flesh and lap the blood , urged on by the hunters . This was part of the hounds ' training , particularly the younger intake , encouraging them ...
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