{"product_id":"wolves-and-the-wilderness-in-aleksander-pluskowski-9781843832362","title":"Wolves and the Wilderness in the Middle Ages","description":"The complex attitude to the wolf in the Middle Ages re-evaluated, bringing together historical and other evidence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wolf, a common metaphor for vice in medieval Christian literature, is today an iconic symbol of the intense fear and insecurity that some associate with the middle ages. In reality, responses to wolves varied across medieval Europe. Although not dependent on the wilderness, wolves were conceptually linked to this environment - which although on the fringes of medieval society, became increasingly exploited from the eighth to fourteenth centuries, so bringing people and livestock closer to the wolf.\u003cbr\u003e This book compares responses to wolves, focusing on two regions, Britain and southern Scandinavia. It looks at the distribution of wolves in the landscape, their potential impact as predators on both animals and people, and their use as commodities, in literature, art, cosmology and identity. It also investigates the reasons (both practical and cultural) for the eradication of wolves in England, but their survival on the Scandinavian peninsula. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ALEKSANDER PLUSKOWSKI is Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleksander Pluskowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843832364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843832362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.77d","brand":"Aleksander Pluskowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44809904521471,"sku":"9781843832362","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67162e62-f449-499f-b69d-7e6b7f65d869.jpg?v=1707927798","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wolves-and-the-wilderness-in-aleksander-pluskowski-9781843832362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}