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Medieval Hunting (Paperback)
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Medieval Hunting (Paperback)
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Myths and misunderstandings about medieval hunting are dispelled,
including the persistent view that it was exclusively an
aristocratic and male pursuit Hunting was a major economic and
leisure activity throughout the European Middle Ages, and while
aristocratic practices have featured in studies of romantic and
narrative literature, hunting in its wider sense, across the social
spectrum with attendant male and female roles, has largely been
ignored by modern medieval historians. This study brings vividly to
life the universality and centrality of hunting to medieval
societies, both as an economic necessity and as an expression of
medieval humanity's almost atavistic sense of oneness with nature.
Using a wide variety of contemporary textual and art historical
evidence, this study demonstrates convincingly that hunting,
including fishing and all manner of poaching, was enjoyed by all
classes, and by women as well as men. It provides a detailed and
captivating picture of a pre-urban world from which the modern age
has much to learn in terms of land use and conservation.
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