The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn

Medieval and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-50660-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 131 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

The Thirteenth-Century Animal Turn: Medieval and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives examines a wide range of texts to argue in favour of a thirteenth-century animal turn which not only generated a heightened scholarly awareness of animals but also had major implications for society more generally. Using diverse primary sources, the book considers the role of Aristotle in shaping thirteenth-century perspectives on natural history; Pope Innocent III’s encouraging the use of animals in the theological and moral instruction of the laity; the increasing relevance of animals to the promotion and assertion of lay aristocratic identity; and the tension between violence and affection towards animals that pervaded the thirteenth century as it does the twenty-first. Analysing these many considerations, Nigel Harris also argues that the thirteenth century was an era in which traditional conceptions of the fundamental ‘anthropological difference’ between humans and animals was subjectedto increasingly urgent questioning and challenge.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, Nigel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Aristotle and Thirteenth-Century Animal Studies.- 3. Innocent III and Thirteenth-Century Animal Imagery.- 4. Animals and Thirteenth-Century Chivalric Identity.- 5. Violence, Affection and Thirteenth-Century Animals.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Nigel Harris is Reader in German at the University of Birmingham, UK.