Animal Encounters Contacts and Concepts in Medieval Britain |
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| Author:
| Crane, Susan |
| Series title: | The Middle Ages Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-0630-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $80.00 |
Book Description:
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Thinking about animals and living with them are vital aspects of medieval experience. Animal Encounters explores saints' lives, hunting treatises, bestiaries, and other genres to discover how various species take part in culture making, revealing that cross-species relationships transform both their animal and their human participants.
Thinking about animals and living with them are vital aspects of medieval experience. Animal Encounters explores saints' lives, hunting treatises, bestiaries, and other genres to discover how various species take part in culture making, revealing that cross-species relationships transform both their animal and their human participants.