Quick Cattle and Dying Wishes - People and Their Animals in Early Modern England

Erica Fudge is Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde and Director of the British Animal Studies Network. She is the author of Brutal Reasoning and Perceiving Animals and editor of Renaissance Beasts.

Riassunto

What was the life of a cow in early modern England like? What would it be like to milk that same cow, day-in, day-out, for over a decade? How did people feel about and toward the animals that they worked with, tended, and often killed? With these questions, Erica Fudge begins her investigation into a lost aspect of early modern life: the...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erica Fudge
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781501715082
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-1508-2
• Pagine: 277
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Zoologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia