{"product_id":"the-beast-within-joyce-e-salisbury-9780415780957","title":"The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for the first edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...a brave and fascinating exploration of an area that has so far been rather neglected by both historical and literary critics. \u003cem\u003eThe Beast Within\u003c\/em\u003e provides extremely valuable information on the legal and cultural background of the human-animal relationship... -- \u003cem\u003eStudies in the Age of Chaucer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important book offers a unique exploration of the use of and attitude towards animals from the 4th to the 14th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Beast Within\u003c\/em\u003e explores the varying roles of animals as property, food and sexual objects, and the complex relationship that this created with the people and world around them. Joyce E. Salisbury takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, weaving a historical narrative that includes economic, legal, theological, literary and artistic sources. The book shows how by the end of the Middle Ages the lines between humans and animals had blurred completely, making us recognise the beast that lay within us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition has been brought right up to date with current scholarship, and includes a brand new chapter on animals on trial and animals as human companions, as well as expanded and updated discussions on fables and saints, and a new section on 'bestial humans'. This important and provocative book remains a key work on the historical study of animals, as well as in the field of environmental history more generally, and also provides crucial context to ongoing debates on animal rights and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joyce E. Salisbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415780950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415780957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Joyce E. Salisbury","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076045664511,"sku":"9780415780957","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_708637a6-c920-42e3-b62e-a2ff606cdfba.jpg?v=1685462864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beast-within-joyce-e-salisbury-9780415780957","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}