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 52
... rank of the latter , who is perhaps the noble's esquire or private gentleman . Steel , silver and gold spurs were items of equestrian equipment which denoted ascending social rank.101 The second item of dress is mentioned in the text ...
... rank of the latter , who is perhaps the noble's esquire or private gentleman . Steel , silver and gold spurs were items of equestrian equipment which denoted ascending social rank.101 The second item of dress is mentioned in the text ...
Page 138
... rank of the convicted poacher , is , however , open to allegations of corruption , as the cases quoted in the earlier part of this chapter demonstrate . It must be said , though , that modification cut both ways . As regards fining ...
... rank of the convicted poacher , is , however , open to allegations of corruption , as the cases quoted in the earlier part of this chapter demonstrate . It must be said , though , that modification cut both ways . As regards fining ...
Page 168
... rank and status , were also key elements . These latter factors are also directly responsible for the difficulties in elucidating the universality of hunting . Examination of the textual and pictorial sources clearly demonstrates that ...
... rank and status , were also key elements . These latter factors are also directly responsible for the difficulties in elucidating the universality of hunting . Examination of the textual and pictorial sources clearly demonstrates that ...
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animals aristocratic hunting Art of Hunting beast birds Birrell British Library Calendar carcass century chapter chase common commonalty hunting Dalby dress Egerton England English falcon falconry fallow deer female ferrets fifteenth-century Forest Laws Gaston Fébus gentle hunters German Gottfried von Strassburg greyhounds H & H hare hart horse horseback hounds hunt establishment hunt servants Hunters and Poachers hunting and hawking hunting books hunting manuals huntsman Ibid illustrations knight ladies late medieval later Middle Ages Livre de chasse London Luttrell Psalter manuscript Master of Game Maurice Keen Maximilian medieval hunting methods misericords nets Nicholas Orme nobility noble numbers particularly pastime peasant Pisanello poaching practice probably quarry species Queen Mary's Psalter rabbits rank red deer repr ritual Roy Modus royal Saint Albans social society sources sport stag hunt status tapestry Tilander Tretyse off Huntyng Tristan Twiti venery veneur venison warren wild boar wolf women