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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... hounds . Both men's faces and headgear are rimed in frost , an unusual touch of realism . Maximillian's grandson , Ferdinand , in extravagant hunting dress , spearing a wild boar from horseback . Early fourteenth - century English ...
... hounds . Both men's faces and headgear are rimed in frost , an unusual touch of realism . Maximillian's grandson , Ferdinand , in extravagant hunting dress , spearing a wild boar from horseback . Early fourteenth - century English ...
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... hounds was known as par force de chiens , or ' by strength of hounds ' . Gaston Fébus describes ' a force ' hunting in great detail , devoting two of his lengthier chapters to this method of stag and hare hunting : ' Si devise comment ...
... hounds was known as par force de chiens , or ' by strength of hounds ' . Gaston Fébus describes ' a force ' hunting in great detail , devoting two of his lengthier chapters to this method of stag and hare hunting : ' Si devise comment ...
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... hounds moved off , encouraged by cries from the hunters , and was put on to the scent of the selected 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 ...
... hounds moved off , encouraged by cries from the hunters , and was put on to the scent of the selected 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 ...
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