Wolves and the Wilderness in the Middle Ages - Hardcover

Pluskowski, Aleksander

 
9781843832362: Wolves and the Wilderness in the Middle Ages
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1843832364 ISBN 13: 9781843832362
Verlag: Boydell Press, 2006

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The wolf, a common metaphor for vice in medieval Christian literature, is today an iconic symbol of the intense fear and insecurity that some associate with the middle ages. In reality, responses to wolves varied across medieval Europe. Although not dependent on the wilderness, wolves were conceptually linked to this environment - which although on the fringes of medieval society, became increasingly exploited from the eighth to fourteenth centuries, so bringing people and livestock closer to the wolf. This book compares responses to wolves, focusing on two regions, Britain and southern Scandinavia. It looks at the distribution of wolves in the landscape, their potential impact as predators on both animals and people, and their use as commodities, in literature, art, cosmology and identity. It also investigates the reasons (both practical and cultural) for the eradication of wolves in England, but their survival on the Scandinavian peninsula. ALEKSANDER PLUSKOWSKI is Junior Research Fellow in Medieval Archaeology, Clare College, Cambridge

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Verlag
Boydell Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1843832364
ISBN 13 
9781843832362
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
250
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