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 41
... restricted hawking to the privileged élite . Penalties for disturbing eyries could be savage , including blinding the culprit.65 During Norman rule in England , the right to keep a hawk was restricted to the upper classes , but the ...
... restricted hawking to the privileged élite . Penalties for disturbing eyries could be savage , including blinding the culprit.65 During Norman rule in England , the right to keep a hawk was restricted to the upper classes , but the ...
Page 72
... restricted to , the ruling élites . The hunting manuals and treatises specify not only quarry species but also methodology , vocabulary , ritual and procedure . However , this information is not restricted to the hunting books ; it is ...
... restricted to , the ruling élites . The hunting manuals and treatises specify not only quarry species but also methodology , vocabulary , ritual and procedure . However , this information is not restricted to the hunting books ; it is ...
Page 141
... Restrictions affecting the rural peasantry included limiting the height of fences , prohibiting the use of pointed ... restrictions and obligations fuelled popular discontent and resulted in uprisings such as the Peasants ' War of 1524 ...
... Restrictions affecting the rural peasantry included limiting the height of fences , prohibiting the use of pointed ... restrictions and obligations fuelled popular discontent and resulted in uprisings such as the Peasants ' War of 1524 ...
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