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A chapter of mediaeval history ; the fathers of the literature of field sport and horses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Madden, Dodgson Hamilton, 1840-1928
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press, [1969]
Subjects:
Gaston > III Phœbus, > Count of Foix, > 1331-1391.
Albertus, > Magnus, Saint, > 1193?-1280.
Crescenzi, Pietro de', > approximately 1233-approximately 1320.
Livre du roy Modus.
Hunting > Early works to 1800.
Falconry > Early works to 1800.
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory
  • Albertus Magnus and the horse
  • Le livre du roy Modus and La grande chasse
  • Petrus Crescentiensis and sport in Italy
  • Gaston Phoebus and Froissart
  • The Book of St. Albans and English writers
  • The emperor Frederick II and falconry
  • Classical writers and their imitators.