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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... nature and our countryside heritage . The atavistic urge or need to hunt , described by John Cummins as the fulfilment of an enduring compulsion to retain a link with nature in a period barely emerging from the primitive , when ...
... nature and our countryside heritage . The atavistic urge or need to hunt , described by John Cummins as the fulfilment of an enduring compulsion to retain a link with nature in a period barely emerging from the primitive , when ...
Page 109
... nature of rabbits , accompanied by a delightful illustration of rabbits and their warren . Fébus advises that if one wants good sport , rabbits should be kept near their warrens by hunting them two or three times a week with spaniels ...
... nature of rabbits , accompanied by a delightful illustration of rabbits and their warren . Fébus advises that if one wants good sport , rabbits should be kept near their warrens by hunting them two or three times a week with spaniels ...
Page 172
... natural resources probably appeared infinite and the wilderness of nature close at hand , the pursuit of wild quarry must have fulfilled many of the needs of body and mind . For the nobility , hunting cleansed the spirit and ...
... natural resources probably appeared infinite and the wilderness of nature close at hand , the pursuit of wild quarry must have fulfilled many of the needs of body and mind . For the nobility , hunting cleansed the spirit and ...
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