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Book Review: Harriet J. Evans Tang, Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland

Harriet J. Evans Tang, Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland. From Farm-Settlement to Sagas (Cambridge, D. S. Brewer, 2022), 244 pp, 11 figures, 1 map. ISBN 978 1 84384 643 7. Series: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages, vol. 7. https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781843846437/animal-human-relationships-in-medieval-iceland/ The monograph contributes to the growing body of literature inspired by the...

Recent publications on animals in the Middle Ages

Recent books published in 2020 and 2021 dealing with Medieval animals. Falconry in the Mediterranean Context During the Pre-Modern Era, edited by Charles Burnett and Baudouin Van den Abeele. Bibliotheca Cynegetica 9. Genève: Droz, 2021. Information: https://www.droz.org/suisse/product/978260006236718 chapters, by various contributors.Abstract: La fauconnerie a été une activité de rois, empereurs, émirs, khans, marchands et...

Apocalypse, Normandy ca. 1330 (BnF, Latin 14410, p. 65

Book: D’ailes et d’oiseaux au Moyen Âge (Of Wings and Birds in the Middle Ages)

D’ailes et d’oiseaux au Moyen Âge : Langues, littérature et histoire des sciences, ed. Claude Thomasset (Festschrift Claude Gaignebet), Paris, Champion (Series. Sciences techniques), 2016, 456 p. (Publisher’s webpage: http://www.honorechampion.com/fr/champion/9160-book-08532931-9782745329318.html) Table of contents D’AILES ET DE MYTHES, DANS LES CIVILISATIONS Claude Gaignebet, Autour de l’aigle et du roitelet Isabelle Olivier, Sur les ailes de l’oiseau :...

Book: The Horse in the Medieval Culture (Micrologus Library, 2015)

Le cheval dans la culture médiévale Editors: Bernard Andenmatten, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Eva Pibiri XII-386 p., € 60 Series: Micrologus’ Library, 69 Firenze, SISMEL, ed. Del Galuzzo, 2015 ISBN: 978-88-8450-655-9 Contents Préface, A. Paravicini Bagliani. LE CHEVAL DANS LA TRADITION OCCIDENTALE A. Kehnel, Le sacrifice du cheval. Une brève histoire de sa découverte d’Hérodote...