The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn: Medieval and
Twenty-First-Century Perspectives examines a wide range of texts to
argue in favour of a thirteenth-century animal turn which not only
generated a heightened scholarly awareness of animals but also had
major implications for society more generally. Using diverse
primary sources, the book considers the role of Aristotle in
shaping thirteenth-century perspectives on natural history; Pope
Innocent III's encouraging the use of animals in the theological
and moral instruction of the laity; the increasing relevance of
animals to the promotion and assertion of lay aristocratic
identity; and the tension between violence and affection towards
animals that pervaded the thirteenth century as it does the
twenty-first. Analysing these many considerations, Nigel Harris
also argues that the thirteenth century was an era in which
traditional conceptions of the fundamental 'anthropological
difference' between humans and animals was subjected to
increasingly urgent questioning and challenge.
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