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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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Medieval Pets
• Author: Kathleen F Walker Meikle
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 200
• EAN: 9781843837589
• ISBN: 1843837587
• ID: 01223530
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Weight: 458 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 163 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. October 2012

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