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 […]
NEMUS at the Leeds IMC
The Network has had its first public event: a scholarly rendez-vous at the Leeds International Medieval Congress. This was the first edition of Crossing the Branches in Environmental Medieval Studies, an interdisiplinary initiative around a given topic. At this time, attention was gathered around the topic “Living alongside Beasts in Medieval Portugal”. Two papers were […]