Wolves and the Wilderness in the Middle Ages by Aleksander Pluskowski
Wolves and the Wilderness in the Middle Ages by Aleksander Pluskowski
English | Sep 21, 2006 | ISBN: 1843832364 | 240 Pages | PDF | 12 MB
English | Sep 21, 2006 | ISBN: 1843832364 | 240 Pages | PDF | 12 MB
The 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