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Was there a horse sense in the medieval period? Why did word-licking dogs inhabit manuscript borders? The seven intriguing articles in this publication explore animals on the edge and the boundaries between humans and animals. These articles provide insights into the discussions in animal studies and medieval studies about the multiple roles of medieval fauna, challenging our understanding of how animals were understood in the Middle Ages. The authors of the articles demonstrate how humans have always constructed animals but also have been constructed by animals. The examples are drawn from manuscripts, fables, textual and visual accounts, as well as material culture. This publication raises interesting aspects about the profound and ambiguous relationship between animals and humans, edges and boundaries, hybridity and anthropomorphism, ideas and identities.

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Author:   Katja Fält ,  Gerhard Jaritz
Publisher:   Trivent Publishing
Imprint:   Trivent Publishing
Weight:   0.744kg
ISBN:  

9786156696083

ISBN 10:   6156696083
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   31 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Gerhard Jaritz Introduction by Katja Fält CHAPTER 1. Animals on the Edge in NLW MS Peniarth 32 - Coral Lumbley CHAPTER 2. The Goat of Scanderbeg - Etleva Lala CHAPTER 3. Disguise, Identity, and Horse Sense: The Case of Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne - Antha Cotten-Spreckelmeyer CHAPTER 4. Semper asellus erit? Hybrid Animals in Nigel de Longchamps' Speculum stultorum - Maximilian Wick CHAPTER 5. Beasts along Boundaries: Elephants in the Medieval West - Kiwako Ogata CHAPTER 6. Animals on the Edge of Late Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts - András Borgó CHAPTER 7. Angela of Foligno, in Love, with Animals - William Robert Notes on Contributors

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"Katja Fält received her PhD in art history at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) in 2012. Her dissertation """"Wall Paintings, Workshops and Visual Production in the Medieval Diocese of Turku from 1430 to 1540"""" examined wall paintings attributed to church builders in about thirty medieval stone churches. Her research interests include medieval wall paintings, representations of gender, corporeality and the passion of Christ in medieval art. Currently, Dr. Fält works at Tampere University as a senior specialist."

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