Introducing the medieval fox /
The book is an entertaining, informative and enchanting introduction to its subject, just as those medieval banes of the farmyard, the Fox and the Vixen, were enchanting in escapades from fables and funny tales from beastly epic poems and bestiaries, and from medieval material culture (including Dan...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press,
[2023].
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| Series: | Medieval animals.
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| Summary: | The book is an entertaining, informative and enchanting introduction to its subject, just as those medieval banes of the farmyard, the Fox and the Vixen, were enchanting in escapades from fables and funny tales from beastly epic poems and bestiaries, and from medieval material culture (including Danish wall-paintings and Dutch manuscript illustrations and statues, stained-glass and Italian mosaics). There exist books on medieval fox stories and on the animal's iconography, which are important themes for this study, but this book is the first holistic approach to all types of manifestations of foxes in medieval literature, from medical recipes to fur trade, to Bible commentaries and hunting manuals. |
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| Physical Description: | 128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1786839881 9781786839886 |