Medieval falconer records come to light
. FALCO researchers Diana Martins and Afonso Soares de Sousa have discovered no less than five documents, dating from the fourteenth and the early sixteenth centuries, relating to falconry. These help illuminate matters still relatively unknown, such as bird-catching, the social and economic standing of royal falconers, and their recompense by kings. All five documents […]
Synopsis: 1st Medieval Hunting Meeting
. The 1st Medieval Hunting Meeting, organised by NEMUS jointly with the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM NOVA/FCSH), succeeded in fulfilling its primary purpose of promoting exchange and interdisciplinary debate around the history of the fascinating relationship between humans and canis. This journey through a shared past started with a journey some 8,000 years into […]
MHM on Human-Canis Relations
at NOVA University Lisbon, 18-19 July 2024 . … In the context of Medieval Europe, what we now classify as canis were divided into two broad groups: domestic and wild – in other words, dog and wolf. The dog (canis lupus familiaris) has almost always been man’s best friend, as a watchful guard, a faithful […]