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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... king . Each forest was administered by a hierarchy of appointed officials who were accountable to the king . An area such as the New Forest was originally a preserve for hunting deer , reserved for the king and to whomever he granted ...
... king . Each forest was administered by a hierarchy of appointed officials who were accountable to the king . An area such as the New Forest was originally a preserve for hunting deer , reserved for the king and to whomever he granted ...
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... King's Buckhounds , was sent to various specified forests and chases in Wiltshire , Southampton and Berkshire to ... king for 322 harts , 302 bucks and 24 does ( female fallow deer ) to be taken in thirty - three forests , parks and ...
... King's Buckhounds , was sent to various specified forests and chases in Wiltshire , Southampton and Berkshire to ... king for 322 harts , 302 bucks and 24 does ( female fallow deer ) to be taken in thirty - three forests , parks and ...
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... king's rule . It enabled warrior- gentlemen to display feats of daring in the hunting field akin to those of war.66 Whether the hunting was lawful or unlawful was , one suspects , often irrelevant to the deed . The punishment , at worst ...
... king's rule . It enabled warrior- gentlemen to display feats of daring in the hunting field akin to those of war.66 Whether the hunting was lawful or unlawful was , one suspects , often irrelevant to the deed . The punishment , at worst ...
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