Animals and hunters in the late Middle Ages : evidence from the BnF MS fr. 616 of the Livre de chasse by Gaston Fébus / Hannele Klemettilä.
- Klemettilä, Hannele
- Date:
- 2015
- Books
About this work
Description
"This book explores views of the natural world in the late Middle Ages, especially as expressed in Livre de chasse (Book of the Hunt), the most influential hunting book of the era. It shows that killing and maiming, suffering and the death of animals were not insignificant topics to late medieval men, but constituted a complex set of issues, and could provoke very contradictory thoughts and feelings that varied according social and cultural milieus and particular cases and circumstances"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
Physical description
xiv, 249 pages ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Contents
Part I. Introduction -- Part II. The Game -- Fébusian Bestiary -- Noble and Ignoble Endings -- Post-Mortem Products -- Part III. The Hound -- Types of Hunting Dogs -- Daily Care and Training of Hunting Dogs -- Canine Ailments, Old Age, and Death -- Part IV. The Hunter -- The Career of a Huntsman -- A Path to Paradise : Goals and Benefits of Hunting -- The Good Hunter -- Part V. Conclusion.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- HuntingFranceHistoryTo 1500
- HuntingEurope, WesternHistoryTo 1500
- HuntingSocial aspectsFranceHistoryTo 1500
- HuntingSocial aspectsEurope, WesternHistoryTo 1500
- Human-animal relationshipsFranceHistoryTo 1500
- HuntersFranceHistoryTo 1500
- Hunting dogsFranceHistoryTo 1500
- FranceSocial life and customs1328-1600
- Europe, WesternSocial life and customs
- Gaston III Phœbus, Count of Foix, 1331-1391. Phébus, des déduiz de la chasse des bestes sauvaiges et des oyseaux de proye.
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineASTU.AA3Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781138842335
- 1138842338