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 150
... Ladies of the nobility had several roles to play , which were presumably approved by their men folk , within the aristocratic field of hunting . As audience they were allowed to watch the fine spectacle of the hunt streaming across the ...
... Ladies of the nobility had several roles to play , which were presumably approved by their men folk , within the aristocratic field of hunting . As audience they were allowed to watch the fine spectacle of the hunt streaming across the ...
Page 159
... ladies of rank hunted as part of their social obligations , and for pleasure too , and that female icons such as Mary and Anne were regarded with adulation and as outstanding role models by other women . The only active sporting role in ...
... ladies of rank hunted as part of their social obligations , and for pleasure too , and that female icons such as Mary and Anne were regarded with adulation and as outstanding role models by other women . The only active sporting role in ...
Page 163
... ladies on horseback , hunting with leopards and hounds after hares , bucks , stags and bears , where one sees the fierce kill of the animals hunted and the arrows leaving the Syrian bows drawn by the hands of the ladies with worthy and ...
... ladies on horseback , hunting with leopards and hounds after hares , bucks , stags and bears , where one sees the fierce kill of the animals hunted and the arrows leaving the Syrian bows drawn by the hands of the ladies with worthy and ...
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