RT Book
T1 Companion species: saints, animals and ordinary humans in the Middle Ages
A2 Dijk, Mathilde van 1958-
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1907650830
AB "This book explores the connection between saints and animals, and how the power over animals has been a characteristic of saints from their beginnings in the Early Church. The connection between saints and humans is examined, with the saint as a human rising beyond humanity, touching the divine, and the non-human animal as a creature, which is connected to and yet removed from humanity and which may have a connection to the sacred itself. This volume transcends traditional religious boundaries by including Christian saints as well as similar figures in Islam and Norse religions. It operates on the cusp of two exciting and innovative fields: hagiographic and animal studies. It shows the complexities of human-animal interaction and the sacred: authorities clashing with experiential knowledge, metaphorical animals as opposed to real, animals ranging from helpers or opponents of saints, disguises of demons, or identity markers of a human community. Companion Species will be of value to scholars and students interested in medieval history, Europe and religion, as well as social and cultural history"--
NO Literaturangaben
CN BL439
SN 978-1-032-76443-6
SN 978-1-032-76442-9
K1 Animals : Religious aspects : History
K1 Human-animal relationships : History
K1 Christian saints : History
K1 Muslim Saints : History
K1 Animals & society
K1 European history
K1 Europäische Geschichte
K1 Geschichte der Religion
K1 HISTORY / Europe / General
K1 HISTORY / Social History
K1 History of religion
K1 Religion / History
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
K1 Social & Cultural History
K1 Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
K1 Tiere und Gesellschaft
K1 Aufsatzsammlung