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 110
... example in Ely Cathedral reveals three aspects of the walked - up hunt ; that is , the pursuit of quarry by a lone hunter with the aid of a hound . In the left supporter , the hunter , with a stick over one shoulder and blowing his horn ...
... example in Ely Cathedral reveals three aspects of the walked - up hunt ; that is , the pursuit of quarry by a lone hunter with the aid of a hound . In the left supporter , the hunter , with a stick over one shoulder and blowing his horn ...
Page 120
... examples of this type of ennoblement . Late fourteenth - century French hunting accounts name Messire Philippe de ... example of the achievement of nobility through promotion within the hierarchy of the hunting establishment . The ...
... examples of this type of ennoblement . Late fourteenth - century French hunting accounts name Messire Philippe de ... example of the achievement of nobility through promotion within the hierarchy of the hunting establishment . The ...
Page 160
... examples . The sequence portrays a male falconer flying his pair of falcons at winged quarry and then presenting the prey to his lady . Two other ladies , apparently of lower rank , pluck the bird and the knight's lady uses the feathers ...
... examples . The sequence portrays a male falconer flying his pair of falcons at winged quarry and then presenting the prey to his lady . Two other ladies , apparently of lower rank , pluck the bird and the knight's lady uses the feathers ...
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