狼是中世纪基督教文学中对邪恶的一种常见隐喻,如今,它已成为一个符号,象征着与中世纪相关的强烈恐惧和不安全感。事实上,中世纪欧洲对狼的反应不尽相同。狼虽然不依赖于荒野,但在概念上与荒野这种环境联系在一起——尽管荒野处于中世纪社会的边缘,但从8世纪到14世纪,荒野的不断开发,拉近了人类与家畜和狼的距离。
本书以英国和斯堪的纳维亚南部两个地区为重点,比较了人们对狼的反应。书中探讨了狼在景观中的分布,狼作为捕食者对动物和人类的潜在影响,以及狼在文学、艺术、宇宙学和身份认同中作为商品的用途。本书还调查了英格兰岛上狼灭绝的原因(包括实际原因和文化原因),以及它们在斯堪的纳维亚半岛上得以存续的原因。
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