Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland: From Farm-Settlement to Sagas Evans Tang Harriet Jean
Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland: From Farm-Settlement to Sagas Evans Tang Harriet Jean Domestic animals played a range of roles in the imaginative world of medieval Icelanders: from…
Specifikacia Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland: From Farm-Settlement to Sagas Evans Tang Harriet Jean
Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland: From Farm-Settlement to Sagas Evans Tang Harriet Jean
Domestic animals played a range of roles in the imaginative world of medieval Icelanders: from partners in settlement and household allies, to violent offenders, foster-kin and surrogate wives, they were vital and effective members of the multispecies communities established from the ninth century onwards. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to animal-human relationships, it sees animals not solely as symbols, metaphors, or objects, but as subjects in affective relationships with their human co-settlers who become the focus of intense This book examines the domestic animals of early Iceland in their physical and textual contexts, through detailed analysis of the spaces and places of the Icelandic farm and farming landscape, and textual sources such as The Book of Settlements, the earliest Icelandic laws, and various episodes from the Sagas and Tales of Icelanders.