9780750921626 - Medieval Hunting von Almond, Richard (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1750991107. 6/27/2025 2:25:07 AM.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,216. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Bookplate to front end-paper else very good in dust-wrapper. "Mediaeval Hunting dispels some of the myths and misunderstandings about hunting, including the view that it was chiefly an aristocratic pursuit, and a male one at that. Richard Almond shows that hunting (in which he includes fishing, hawking and poaching) was enjoyed by all classes, and by women as well as men. Using a variety of sources .the author offers a detailed and captivating picture of a pre-urban world from which the modern age has much to learn in terms of land use and conservation. .[this book] has much to offer those interested in the countryside and modern field sports." .

Same day dispatch. Lovely copy. Both book and jacket are in very good condition. SIGNED by the author with a brief dedication.

24.0 x 16.0cms 216pp b/w illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper This book focuses on the universality and centrality of hunting in medieval societies. It uses hunting manuals treatises Books of Hours psalters and tapestries to look at mens and womensfishing Hawking and poaching.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. This book dispels some of the myths and misunderstandings about hunting, including the view that it was chiefly an aristocratic pursuit. A lively, informative and richly illustrated unique study, essential for medieval and social historians and also has much to offer those interested in the countryside and modern fieldsports. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Some minor foxing to text block. Lower corner crease to margins of prelims. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

First edition first impression 2003. viii+216 pages. Illustrated. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket. With publishers publicity sheet loosely inserted. Using a variety of sources (hunting treatises, assize books, manorial and ecclesiastical records, books of hours and literary collections) and pictures (which include the Emperor Maxmillian stag hunting, two ladies jousting, peasants "rabbiting" with ferrets and camouflage techniques such as disguising yourself as a woodcock), this book aims to bring to life the centrality of hunting to medieval societies, both as an economic necessity and as an expression of medieval humanity's sense of oneness with nature. Almond shows that all classes enjoyed hunting (in which he includes fishing, hawking and poaching) and women enjoyed it as well as men. This book aims to dispel some of the myths and misunderstandings about hunting, including the view that it was chiefly an aristocratic pursuit, and a male one at that.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Plates throughout. (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, 2003. Signature on front free endpaper, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper. 216 p. Book.