Bibliograph

Medieval pets, Kathleen Walker-Meikle

Type

Label

Medieval pets, Kathleen Walker-Meikle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-174) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Medieval pets

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

777665030

Responsibility statement

Kathleen Walker-Meikle

Summary

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. 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. 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. 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. A wide range of sources, including chronicles, letters, sermons and poems, are used in what is both an authoritative and entertaining account. Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle is a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the University of York, working on animals and medieval medicine

Table Of Contents

The medieval pet -- Getting a pet -- Pet welfare -- Living with pets -- Pets in iconography -- Pets in literature

Target audience

adult

Classification