Animals and Animated Objects in the Early Middle Ages (New Approaches in Archaeology, 1) [Paperback] Gardela, Leszek and Kajkowski, Kamil

ISBN 10: 2503600905 / ISBN 13: 9782503600901

Published by Brepols Pub, 2023

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New unread paperback that has very slight curling to covers so we are listing it as used.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animals and Animated Objects in the Early Middle Ages (New Approaches in Archaeology, 1) [Paperback] Gardela, Leszek and Kajkowski, Kamil
• Publisher: Brepols Pub
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503600905
• ISBN 13: 9782503600901
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 30 ounces

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Synopsis

Since time immemorial, animals have played crucial roles in people's lives. In Continental and Northern Europe, especially in the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages, animals were both feared and revered. Varying and often ambivalent perceptions of fauna were expressed through everyday practices, religious beliefs, and the zoomorphic ornamentation of a wide plethora of objects that ranged from jewellery, weapons, and equestrian equipment to wagons and ships. This timely volume critically investigates the multivalence of animals in medieval archaeology, literature, and art in order to present human attitudes to creatures such as bears, horses, dogs, and birds in a novel and interdisciplinary way. The chapters gathered together here explore the prominence of animals, animal parts, and their various visual representations in domestic spaces and the wider public arena, on the battlefield, and in an array of ritual practices, but also examine the importance of zoomorphic art for emerging elites at a time of social and political tensions across Scandinavia and the oft-overlooked Western Slavic and Baltic societies. This innovative book draws together scholars from across Europe in order to pave the way for a nuanced international and interdisciplinary dialogue that has the capacity to substantially increase our perception of human and animal worlds of the Early Middle Ages.