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

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"An examination of what it was like to live and work with animals in early modern England"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fudge, Erica (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wills.
Manners and customs.
Human-animal relationships.
Domestic animals.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Animaux domestiques > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Relations homme-animal > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Wills > England > History > 17th century.
Domestic animals > England > History > 17th century.
Human-animal relationships > England > History > 17th century.
England.
Angleterre > Moeurs et coutumes > 17e siecle.
England > Social life and customs > 17th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Goldelocks and the three bequests
  • Counting chickens in early modern Essex : writing animals into early modern will
  • The Fuller will and the agricultural worlds of people and animals
  • Named partners and other rugs : animals as co-workers in early modern England
  • Other-worldly matter : the immaterial value of animals
  • Less than kind : the transient animals of early modern London
  • Afterword : bovine nostalgia.

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