Medieval Pets - Walker-Meikle, Kathleen
Medieval Pets - Walker-Meikle, Kathleen Animals in the middle ages have often been discussed - but usually only as a source of food, as beasts of burden, or as aids for hunters. It offers a full…
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Medieval Pets - Walker-Meikle, Kathleen
Animals in the middle ages have often been discussed - but usually only as a source of food, as beasts of burden, or as aids for hunters. It offers a full survey of pets and pet-keeping: from how they were acquired, kept, fed, exercised, and displayed, to the problems they could cause. This book takes a completely different angle, showing that they were also beloved domestic companions to their human owners, whether they were dogs, cats, monkeys, squirrels, and parrots.
A wide range of sources, including chronicles, letters, sermons and poems, are used in what is both an authoritative and entertaining account. It also examines the representation of pets and their owners in art and literature; the many charming illustrations offer further evidence for the bonds between humans and their pets, then as now. Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle is a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the University of York, working on animals and medieval medicine.
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