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BL
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1020172
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b774542
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| Main Entry
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Pluskowski, Aleksander.
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| Title & Author
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Wolves and the wilderness in the Middle Ages /\ Aleksander Pluskowski.
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| Publication Statement
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Woodbridge :: Boydell,, 2006.
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240 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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1843832364
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: 9781843832362
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-237) and index.
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| Contents
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Into the woods : the physical wolf in the landscape -- Lupine landscapes : physical wilderness in Medieval Britain and Scandinavia -- Lupine landscapes II : conceptualising Medieval wilderness -- Wolves, game and livestock : predation and conflict -- Wolves and people : hunting the hunters -- Breaking the lupine body : wolves as commodities -- Ravenous and gullible : wolves in Medieval beast literature -- Lupine identitites : the emblematic wolf -- From Óðinn to St. Edmund : wolves in pagan and Christian cosmologies -- Transgressing boundaries through bestial violence : human wolves.
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| Abstract
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This text compares responses to wolves, focusing on two regions, Britain and southern Scandinavia. It explores 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.
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Cosmology, Medieval.
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Human-animal relationships-- Europe.
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Wilderness areas-- Europe-- History-- 476-1492.
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Wolves-- Europe, Folklore.
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Wolves-- Europe-- History-- 476-1492.
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Cosmology, Medieval.
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Human-animal relationships.
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Loup-- Grande-Bretagne-- Angleterre (GB)-- Moyen âge.
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Loup-- Scandinavie-- Moyen âge.
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Relations homme-animal-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire.
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Relations homme-animal-- Scandinavie-- Histoire.
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Wilderness areas.
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Wolves.
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Beeldvorming.
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Wolven.
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Europa (geografie)
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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599.7730940902
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| LC Classification
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QL737.C22P6 2006
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| NLM classification
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15.10bcl
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15.10.bcl
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42.84bcl
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42.84.bcl
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