ISBN:
9783030638887
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (202 pages)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Medieval animals on the move
DDC:
304.270940902
Keywords:
Human-animal relationships-History-To 1500
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Civilization, Medieval
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Animals Stepping off the Page -- References -- Chapter 2: The Forgotten Pigs and Goats of Iceland in a North Atlantic Context -- Introduction -- Material and Methods -- Sagas -- Legal Texts -- Máldagar -- Documents -- Icelandic Scholarship -- Jarðabók -- Archaeology -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 3: Imperial Horse Policy and the Publication of Equine Veterinary Medicine Books in Ming China: A Case Study on Yuanheng Liaomaji -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- Source Material -- Authorship -- Structure, Content, and Audiences -- Horse Administrative Policies, and the Imperial Postal System in the Ming Dynasty -- Horses in Warfare -- The Ming Dynasty Postal Network -- Horses and Taxation -- YHLMJ and the Ming Dynasty's Horse Administration Policy in the Nanzhili Region -- Horse Populations in Nanzhili -- The Postal Network in Numbers -- Regulating Horse Households -- Climate Change -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Medieval Animals: The Fast and the Slow -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 5: Animals Between Authors and the Natural World in Giovanni da San Gimignano's Liber de exemplis et similitudinibus rerum -- Conclusions -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 6: Always Angular and Never Straight: Medieval Snakes in Human Graves? -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Discussion -- Biological Arguments -- Archaeological Analogies -- An Early Medieval Phenomenon -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Perpetual Preys: Pursuing the Bonnacon Across Space and Time -- Introduction -- The Pursuit -- The Tweakings -- The Meanings -- References.
Note:
" ... peer-reviewed papers based on the 2017 conference ... organized at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies of Stockholm University, 'Animals on the Move in the Middle Ages'." - Preface
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