Author: Gaston III Phœbus (Count of Foix)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Hunting Book
Author: Gaston III Phœbus (Count of Foix)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Master of Game
Author: Edward (of Norwich)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Hunting Book of Gaston Phébus
Author: Gastó III (Comte de Foix ()Publisher:
ISBN: 9788489439801
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Hunting Book of Gaston Phébus
Author: Publisher: [This edition published 2002 by] Hackberry Press
ISBN: 9781931040389
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Hunting Book by Gaston Phoebus
Author: Gaston III Phœbus (Count of Foix)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Hunting Book of Gaston Phébus
Author: Maison de la chasse et de la nature (Paris, France)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : fr
Pages : 94
Book Description
A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry
Author: Geoffroi de CharnyPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812208684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
On the great influence of a valiant lord: "The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become more determined to attain this level of prowess." On the lady who sees her knight honored: "All of this makes the noble lady rejoice greatly within herself at the fact that she has set her mind and heart on loving and helping to make such a good knight or good man-at-arms." On the worthiest amusements: "The best pastime of all is to be often in good company, far from unworthy men and from unworthy activities from which no good can come." Enter the real world of knights and their code of ethics and behavior. Read how an aspiring knight of the fourteenth century would conduct himself and learn what he would have needed to know when traveling, fighting, appearing in court, and engaging fellow knights. Composed at the height of the Hundred Years War by Geoffroi de Charny, one of the most respected knights of his age, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry was designed as a guide for members of the Company of the Star, an order created by Jean II of France in 1352 to rival the English Order of the Garter. This is the most authentic and complete manual on the day-to-day life of the knight that has survived the centuries, and this edition contains a specially commissioned introduction from historian Richard W. Kaeuper that gives the history of both the book and its author, who, among his other achievements, was the original owner of the Shroud of Turin.
Greyhound Nation
Author: Edmund RussellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108546714
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Edmund Russell's much-anticipated new book examines interactions between greyhounds and their owners in England from 1200 to 1900 to make a compelling case that history is an evolutionary process. Challenging the popular notion that animal breeds remain uniform over time and space, Russell integrates history and biology to offer a fresh take on human-animal coevolution. Using greyhounds in England as a case study, Russell shows that greyhounds varied and changed just as much as their owners. Not only did they evolve in response to each other, but people and dogs both evolved in response to the forces of modernization, such as capitalism, democracy, and industry. History and evolution were not separate processes, each proceeding at its own rate according to its own rules, but instead were the same.
Animals, Animality, and Literature
Author: Bruce BoehrerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108581161
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
Animals, Animality, and Literature offers readers a one-volume survey of the field of literary animal studies in both its theoretical and applied dimensions. Focusing on English literary history, with scrupulous attention to the interplay between English and foreign influences, this collection gathers together the work of nineteen internationally noted specialists in this growing discipline. Offering discussion of English literary works from Beowulf to Virginia Woolf and beyond, this book explores the ways human/animal difference has been historically activated within the literary context: in devotional works, in philosophical and zoological treatises, in plays and poems and novels, and more recently within emerging narrative genres such as cinema and animation. With an introductory overview of the historical development of animal studies and afterword looking to the field's future possibilities, Animals, Animality, and Literature provides a wide-ranging survey of where this discipline currently stands.
Westward Ho!
Author: Charles KingsleyPublisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Kingsley's historical romance of the Spanish Main, first published in 1855. From the coral reefs of the Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit of Elizabethan adventurers who sailed with Sir Francis Drake. Contains a table of contents and listing of illustrations.