Kathleen Walker-Meikle

Medieval Pets (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature.

Animals in the middle ages have often been discussed - but usually only as a source of food, as beasts of burden, or as aids for hunters. This book takes a completely different angle, showing that they were also beloved domesticcompanions to their human owners, whether they were dogs, cats, monkeys, squirrels, and parrots. It offers a full survey of pets and pet-keeping: from how they were acquired, kept, fed, exercised, and displayed, to the problems they could cause. It also examines the representation of pets and their owners in art and literature; the many charming illustrations offer further evidence for the bonds between humans and their pets, then as now. A wide range of sources, including chronicles, letters, sermons and poems, are used in what is both an authoritative and entertaining account.

Dr KATHLEEN WALKER-MEIKLE gained her PhD at University College London.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782048817
• Artikelnr.: 56492635

Autorenporträt

Dr KATHLEEN WALKER-MEIKLE gained her PhD at University College London.