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 77
... instruction differs ; having removed the head and horns from the neck and placed them with the breast , Tristan ... instructions on the correct procedure for breaking - up the hart . These directions form a considerable part of a ...
... instruction differs ; having removed the head and horns from the neck and placed them with the breast , Tristan ... instructions on the correct procedure for breaking - up the hart . These directions form a considerable part of a ...
Page 90
... instructions catering for the needs of the general rural population , in addition to those for the courtier and aristocratic landowner.1 Roy Modus is indeed invaluable on peasant methods of taking birds . His manual of instruction is ...
... instructions catering for the needs of the general rural population , in addition to those for the courtier and aristocratic landowner.1 Roy Modus is indeed invaluable on peasant methods of taking birds . His manual of instruction is ...
Page 93
... instruction books on many subjects including hunting , hawking , heraldry , fishing , and how to bring up boys and girls from birth to puberty.10 In a society that was largely rural , instruction on the proper management of labour , in ...
... instruction books on many subjects including hunting , hawking , heraldry , fishing , and how to bring up boys and girls from birth to puberty.10 In a society that was largely rural , instruction on the proper management of labour , in ...
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