Medieval Pets

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ID8070718
AuthorsKathleen Walker-Meikle (0000-0002-8411-1271, corresponding author)
Year2012
Pages200
Publication date2012-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMedieval Pets (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBoydell and Brewer (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1515/9781782040408
OpenAlexW4391958252
Open LibraryOL33464193M
ISBN9781782040408
LanguageEN
Citations received10

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

Art · Geography · Animal Law and Welfare · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Medieval Literature and History · Animals, fossil · Human-animal relationships · Pets · History

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