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 34
... boar hunting and hawking , plus two panels of decorative work , almost certainly commissioned by Sir Edward Hynde , the owner between these dates and a known enthusiast for hawking and animal - baiting.33 In both the bear and boar ...
... boar hunting and hawking , plus two panels of decorative work , almost certainly commissioned by Sir Edward Hynde , the owner between these dates and a known enthusiast for hawking and animal - baiting.33 In both the bear and boar ...
Page 53
... boar , depicted in ' December ' of Les Chasses de Maximilien tapestries in the Louvre . His boar sword has a thin shaft , broad leaf - like point with twin tines or toggles , essentially ' stops ' to prevent over - penetration and ...
... boar , depicted in ' December ' of Les Chasses de Maximilien tapestries in the Louvre . His boar sword has a thin shaft , broad leaf - like point with twin tines or toggles , essentially ' stops ' to prevent over - penetration and ...
Page 66
... boar . The boar hunt is mentioned or described in MHG [ Middle High German ] sources much less frequently than the stag chase . ' He continues that the boar was more dangerous to hunt than the stag and required great skill with a weapon ...
... boar . The boar hunt is mentioned or described in MHG [ Middle High German ] sources much less frequently than the stag chase . ' He continues that the boar was more dangerous to hunt than the stag and required great skill with a weapon ...
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