Chats du Moyen Age
by Kathleen Walker-Meikle, translated by Laurent Bury
Paperback (Out of print)
(November 2013)
ISBN: 9782251444826
5.71 x 7.68 inches
Price: $23.00
Out of stock
Even before the internet, cats lounged about in medieval literature in pictures, as companions of the devil, symbols of guile, or even scratching the edge of a manuscript. This short, richly illustrated book offers an original view of the place of cats in the medieval world. French text.
En vignette et frequemment accompagnes d’une souris, symbole de la ruse ou compagnon du Diable, blottis au coeur d’une lettrine ou griffant une marge, heros de roman (comme Tibert dans le Roman de la Rose), les chats se prelassent discretement dans la litterature du Moyen Age.Sans equivalent, ce petit ouvrage, magnifiquement illustre et truffe d’anecdotes souvent inedites et surprenantes, raconte le quotidien du chat medieval, depuis son role dans l’economie nationale (le prix de sa peau ou meme de l’animal) et domestique (son role au sein de la famille) jusqu’a sa place dans l’imaginaire collectif (son lien notamment avec les forces du mal), formant ainsi un tableau original de la vie au Moyen Age.Titulaire d’un PhD d’histoire portant sur les animaux de compagnie au Moyen Age, Kathleen Walker-Meikle est chercheur-invite ( research-fellow ) a l’Universite d’York. Ses recherches portent sur la place de l’animal dans la medecine medievale.
~FRE~Contient bibliographie et references
- By (author) Kathleen Walker-Meikle
- Translated by Laurent Bury
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