Medievalists.net » Hunting http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Importance of Parks in Fifteenth-Century Society http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/importance-parks-fifteenth-century-society/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/importance-parks-fifteenth-century-society/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:23:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53486 In this paper, my aim is to consider the role of parks in the fifteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/importance-parks-fifteenth-century-society/feed/ 0 Power relations in the royal forests of England patronage : privilege and legitimacy in the reigns of Henry III and Edward I http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/28/power-relations-royal-forests-england-patronage-privilege-legitimacy-reigns-henry-iii-edward/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/28/power-relations-royal-forests-england-patronage-privilege-legitimacy-reigns-henry-iii-edward/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 01:16:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49966 The England of the Plantagenets (1189–1377) which honed the royal forest system was a typically medieval land. Its ultimate foundations lay upon the long established notion of the three estates: those who fought, those who prayed, and those who worked.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/28/power-relations-royal-forests-england-patronage-privilege-legitimacy-reigns-henry-iii-edward/feed/ 0 Hunting in Medieval literature: Satisfaction of Conquest or Thrill of Pursuit? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/hunting-in-medieval-literature-satisfaction-of-conquest-or-thrill-of-pursuit/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/hunting-in-medieval-literature-satisfaction-of-conquest-or-thrill-of-pursuit/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2013 11:21:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44797 Hunting in Medieval literature: Satisfaction of Conquest or Thrill of Pursuit? Katherine Correa The Adelphi Honors College Journal of Ideas, Volume 11 (2011) Abstract In the medieval period, hunting was a pastime reserved exclusively for the nobility. While hunting in ancient civilizations was the primary way of obtaining food, furs, and other useful animal parts, […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/hunting-in-medieval-literature-satisfaction-of-conquest-or-thrill-of-pursuit/feed/ 0 Jewish Hawking in Medieval France: Falconry, Rabbenu Tam, and the Tosafists http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/29/jewish-hawking-in-medieval-france-falconry-rabbenu-tam-and-the-tosafists/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/29/jewish-hawking-in-medieval-france-falconry-rabbenu-tam-and-the-tosafists/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:57:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40866 Falconry reached an apex in the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, but in the modern era it was displaced to a great extent by the use of firearms. The present article explores the medieval Jewish knowledge of, and especially the exploitation of this technique, centered in twelfth-century Northern France in the communities surrounding the great master Tosafist, Rabbenu Tam.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/29/jewish-hawking-in-medieval-france-falconry-rabbenu-tam-and-the-tosafists/feed/ 0 Hunting and Hunters in Medieval Aragonese Legislation http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/hunting-and-hunters-in-medieval-aragonese-legislation/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/hunting-and-hunters-in-medieval-aragonese-legislation/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:59:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39987 Our research on hunting in the kingdom of Aragón in the 12th-15th centuries is based on the information provided by two groups of legal texts: those for local or regional areas and those that were applied to all the kingdom after the 13th century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/hunting-and-hunters-in-medieval-aragonese-legislation/feed/ 0 Beyond chicken: avian biodiversity in a Portuguese late medieval urban site http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/beyond-chicken-avian-biodiversity-in-a-portuguese-late-medieval-urban-site/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/beyond-chicken-avian-biodiversity-in-a-portuguese-late-medieval-urban-site/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:32:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37148 Between 2003 and 2004, prior to the construction of an underground parking in the Avenue Miguel Fernandes, an archaeological rescue excavation was carried out by a team of archaeologists from the company Crivarque...The excavations uncovered 137 silos, of which 109 were fully excavated. The high concentration of silos turned out to be the most striking find of the archaeological works.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/beyond-chicken-avian-biodiversity-in-a-portuguese-late-medieval-urban-site/feed/ 0 Falconry in Jewish Art, Law, and Lore http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/23/falconry-in-jewish-art-law-and-lore/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/23/falconry-in-jewish-art-law-and-lore/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:19:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35933 When I explain that I am studying the topic of Falconry in Rabbinic Literature, people are usually bewildered, or just plain shocked. 'Jewish hunting? Is that Kosher? Are there really any sources?'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/23/falconry-in-jewish-art-law-and-lore/feed/ 0 Medieval Hunting and Fishing Practices and the Court Epics http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/15/medieval-hunting-and-fishing-practices-and-the-court-epics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/15/medieval-hunting-and-fishing-practices-and-the-court-epics/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:08:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35704 Perhaps the best example of the medieval noble huntsman par excellence during the courtly age was that of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/15/medieval-hunting-and-fishing-practices-and-the-court-epics/feed/ 0 Henry of Lancaster and Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/henry-of-lancaster-and-le-livre-de-seyntz-medicines/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/henry-of-lancaster-and-le-livre-de-seyntz-medicines/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 06:05:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33786 Lancaster's range of activities suggests the best elements of the fourteenth-century pattern of knighthood. This was rather more secular, both in theory and practice, than that which had inspired a thirteenth-century knight.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/henry-of-lancaster-and-le-livre-de-seyntz-medicines/feed/ 0 The Prince, the Park, and the Prey: Hunting in and around Milan in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/15/the-prince-the-park-and-the-prey-hunting-in-and-around-milan-in-the-fourteenth-and-fifteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/15/the-prince-the-park-and-the-prey-hunting-in-and-around-milan-in-the-fourteenth-and-fifteenth-centuries/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:08:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31650 Cristina Arrigoni-Martelli of York University examines the efforts made by the Dukes of Milan during the later Middle Ages to take part in one of the most popular activities of European aristocrats - hunting.

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