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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... dress . Everybody moved about in their everyday dresses , varied according to social status , even though the colour might be adapted to the environment.'95 Danielsson's assertion is rather misleading , because in spite of the opening ...
... dress . Everybody moved about in their everyday dresses , varied according to social status , even though the colour might be adapted to the environment.'95 Danielsson's assertion is rather misleading , because in spite of the opening ...
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... dress up accordingly and in the height of current hunting fashion , but for most hunting and hawking forays the mode of dress was probably less elaborate , more practical and certainly less expensive . The upper classes hunted on ...
... dress up accordingly and in the height of current hunting fashion , but for most hunting and hawking forays the mode of dress was probably less elaborate , more practical and certainly less expensive . The upper classes hunted on ...
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... dress out hunting depended upon who was hunting and for what purpose . The basic problem for the upper classes was whether to dress for status or practicality and , of course , aristocratic veneurs had this pleasant choice whereas ...
... dress out hunting depended upon who was hunting and for what purpose . The basic problem for the upper classes was whether to dress for status or practicality and , of course , aristocratic veneurs had this pleasant choice whereas ...
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