The Medieval Pig
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Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 45.90
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
02.04.2024
Verlag
Boydell & Brewer Ltd.Seitenzahl
116
Maße (L/B/H)
23.4/15.6/0.7 cm
Gewicht
213 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-83765-168-9
Examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources. The pig was a common sight in the Middle Ages. They might be eating under an oak tree, or out in a field. They might be in the street, with the swineherd close behind at their heels. They might be dismembered, for sale by a butcher. They might be represented on misericords, in a church or cathedral, dancing, playing the bagpipes, or suckling people. Pigs were in all these places. But what was the pig's place? This book considers pigs in medieval Europe from a number of angles: whether part of the countryside, the cityscape, on the plate or in the mind. Drawing on a rich wealth of sources, both textual and material, it examines in particular the paradoxes that the pig presented: both good and bad, fecund/fornicator, noble/filthy. It uncovers the pig's numerous roles in medieval society, how pigs shaped human life, and how humans shaped theirs.
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