{"product_id":"legions-of-pigs-in-the-jamie-kreiner-9780300246292","title":"Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of life in the early medieval West, using pigs as a lens to investigate agriculture, ecology, economy, and philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From North Africa to the British Isles, pigs were a crucial part of agriculture and culture in the early medieval period. Jamie Kreiner examines how this ubiquitous species was integrated into early medieval ecologies and transformed the way that people thought about the world around them. In this world, even the smallest things could have far-reaching consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kreiner tracks the interlocking relationships between pigs and humans by drawing on textual and visual evidence, bioarchaeology and settlement archaeology, and mammal biology. She shows how early medieval communities bent their own lives in order to accommodate these tricky animals--and how in the process they reconfigured their agrarian regimes, their fiscal policies, and their very identities. In the end, even the pig's own identity was transformed: by the close of the early Middle Ages, it had become a riveting metaphor for Christianity itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamie Kreiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300246293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300246292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021","brand":"Jamie Kreiner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986481185023,"sku":"9780300246292","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a7a2748-f88a-4c9f-a54e-9b712a279ce8.jpg?v=1683283599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/legions-of-pigs-in-the-jamie-kreiner-9780300246292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}