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This book is an entertaining, informative and enchanting introduction to its subject – just as those medieval banes of the farmyard, the Fox and the Vixen, were enchanting in escapades from fables and funny tales, from beastly epic poems and bestiaries, and from medieval material culture (in Danish wall-paintings and Dutch manuscript illustrations and statues, stained-glass and Italian mosaics). There exist books on medieval fox stories and on the animal’s iconography, which are important themes in this study, but this book is the first holistic approach to all types of manifestations of foxes in medieval culture – from medical recipes and fur trade, to Bible commentaries and hunting manuals.

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Preface List of Illustrations Introduction The Fox and Medieval Religion The Fox and Medieval Scholarship The Fox and Medieval Literature Postscript Appendix Endnotes Further Reading Select Bibliography Index

Introducing the Medieval Fox

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      Publisher: University of Wales Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/02/2023
      ISBN13: 9781786839886, 978-1786839886
      ISBN10: 1786839881
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical Literary studies: fiction Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is an entertaining, informative and enchanting introduction to its subject – just as those medieval banes of the farmyard, the Fox and the Vixen, were enchanting in escapades from fables and funny tales, from beastly epic poems and bestiaries, and from medieval material culture (in Danish wall-paintings and Dutch manuscript illustrations and statues, stained-glass and Italian mosaics). There exist books on medieval fox stories and on the animal’s iconography, which are important themes in this study, but this book is the first holistic approach to all types of manifestations of foxes in medieval culture – from medical recipes and fur trade, to Bible commentaries and hunting manuals.

      Table of Contents
      Preface List of Illustrations Introduction The Fox and Medieval Religion The Fox and Medieval Scholarship The Fox and Medieval Literature Postscript Appendix Endnotes Further Reading Select Bibliography Index

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