Animals and Hunters in the Late Middle Ages
| Author | : Hannele Klemettilä |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2015-03-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781317551911 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1317551915 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (915 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Animals and Hunters in the Late Middle Ages by : Hannele Klemettilä
Download or read book Animals and Hunters in the Late Middle Ages written by Hannele Klemettilä and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
