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 10
... evidence and even indirect evidence is in short supply . Both textual and pictorial information on lesser men hunting tends to be marginal to the aristocratic chase . A few medieval authors acknowledge com- monalty hunting methods and ...
... evidence and even indirect evidence is in short supply . Both textual and pictorial information on lesser men hunting tends to be marginal to the aristocratic chase . A few medieval authors acknowledge com- monalty hunting methods and ...
Page 11
... evidence and my own thoughts on the interpretation of this material , together with some examples of composite pictorial evidence which support my notion of the universality of hunting . Finally , I must make two points relating to the ...
... evidence and my own thoughts on the interpretation of this material , together with some examples of composite pictorial evidence which support my notion of the universality of hunting . Finally , I must make two points relating to the ...
Page 146
... evidence too readily as being a true record of reality and actual practice . No doubt many , if not most , illustrations are idealised by intent . However , there is also a danger of interpreting all such evidence , particularly women ...
... evidence too readily as being a true record of reality and actual practice . No doubt many , if not most , illustrations are idealised by intent . However , there is also a danger of interpreting all such evidence , particularly women ...
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