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Saints and animals in the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9781843833949 1843833948 9781846156724 9786612620867 1846156726 128262086X Year: 2008 Publisher: Woodbridge Boydell

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A thorough investigation of the saint and animal topos: its origins, growth and development. The saint and animal story in medieval saints' 'Lives' has a long tradition - explored in detail here. The volume ranges from the very beginning of the genre in the Late Antique east, through the early medieval western European adaptations, including in Ireland, to the twelfth century, to its conclusion with a new assessment of Saint Francis' dealings with animals. The author argues that stories of saints and animals drew from a variety of sources, including scripture and classical literature, and also elements of folklore; they had clear spiritual meanings, which were adapted to the development of the Church, and its relationship to the people in the medieval West. Almost as soon as the genre became standardised, its appearance in saints' 'Lives' begin to show new influences rising from the fund of popular folklore. The relationship between Church and rural folklore is also explored, both through unusual examples of the genre of saint and animal story, and through a case study of twelfth-century miracle cults from the north of England. The study finishes with Saint Francis, where the social relations underpinning the tradition of the genre are shifting towards a new culture at the root of our own.

A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East.
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ISSN: 01699423 01699423 ISBN: 9004121269 9786610464746 141759084X 1280464747 9047400917 9781417590841 9789047400912 9789004121263 Year: 2002 Volume: 64 Publisher: Leiden Brill

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This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.


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Animal sacrifice in ancient Greek religion, Judaism and Christianity, 100 BC - AD 200.
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ISBN: 9780199218547 9780199639359 0199639353 0199218544 Year: 2008 Publisher: Oxford Oxford university press

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In this study of the ritual of animal sacrifice in ancient Greek religion, Judaism, and Christianity in the period between 100 BC and AD 200, Maria-Zoe Petropoulou explores the attitudes of early Christians towards the realities of sacrifice in the Greek East and in the Jerusalem Temple (up to AD 70). Contrary to other studies in this area, she demonstrates that the process by which Christianity finally separated its own cultic code from the strong tradition of animal sacrifice was a slow and difficult one. Petropoulou places special emphasis on the fact that Christians gave completely new meanings to the term `sacrifice'. She also explores the question why, if animal sacrifice was of prime importance in the eastern Mediterranean at this time, Christians should ultimately have rejected it.

Bestiaire chrétien : l'imagerie animale des auteurs du Haut Moyen Âge (Ve-XIe s.)
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ISBN: 2858161941 281070838X 9782858161942 Year: 1994 Volume: *1 Publisher: Toulouse Presses universitaires du Mirail

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Entre le ve et xie siècle, la vision du monde animal que donne la littérature occidentale est la résultante de bien des héritages : gréco-romain, judéo-chrétien, mais aussi celtique ou germanique... Jacques Voisenet en détermine ici la nature et le poids. Il montre aussi que le bestiaire du Haut Moyen Âge n'est pas dénué d'une certaine nouveauté : les clercs ont su adapter les acquis du passé au système symbolique du christianisme et faire de la faune un véritable instrument au service de la foi.

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Christian religion --- Art --- Semiotics --- anno 500-1199 --- Animals in literature --- Animals in poetry --- Animaux dans la littérature --- Animaux dans la poésie --- Beast epic --- Beestenboeken --- Bestiaires --- Bestiaria --- Bestiaries --- Dieren in de literatuur --- Dieren in de poëzie --- Dierenepiek --- Dierenepos --- Dierenfabels --- Dierenromans --- Dierensprookjes --- Dierenverhalen --- Epopées animales --- Fables ésopiques --- Animals --- Christian art and symbolism in literature --- Literature, Medieval --- Animaux --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens dans la littérature --- Littérature médiévale --- Folklore --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History and criticism --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- Histoire et critique --- -Animals --- -Animals in literature --- -European literature --- Medieval literature --- Illustrated books --- Animal kingdom --- Beasts --- Fauna --- Native animals --- Native fauna --- Wild animals --- Wildlife --- Organisms --- Human-animal relationships --- Zoology --- -Christianity --- -Folklore --- Animaux dans la littérature --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens dans la littérature --- Littérature médiévale --- Animal lore --- Animals, Legends and stories of --- Ethnozoology --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity. --- Animals in literature. --- Bestiaries. --- History and criticism. --- Folklore. --- Literature, Medieval - History and criticism --- Animals - Folklore --- Animals - Religious aspects - Christianity --- Haut Moyen Âge --- littérature --- christianisme --- bestiaire

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