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Birds in the Ancient World
Winged Words
Taschenbuch von Jeremy Mynott
Sprache: Englisch

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Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own.
Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own.
Über den Autor
Jeremy Mynott is the author of Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience (2009), a book exploring the variety of human responses to birds, described by reviewers as 'the finest book ever written about why we watch birds' (Guardian) and 'a wonderful rumination on birds and birders through space and time for anyone interested in our relationship with nature' (THES). He has also published an edition and translation of Thucydides in the series 'Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought' and, more recently, Knowing your Place, an account of the wildlife in a tiny Suffolk hamlet. He has broadcast on radio and television, and is a regular reviewer for the TLS and wildlife magazines, a founder member of 'New Networks for Nature', the former Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press, and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
Zusammenfassung
Shortlisted for the 2019 Wolfson History Prize
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Birds in the Natural World

  • 1: The Seasons

  • 2: Weather

  • 3: Time

  • 4: Soundscapes

  • Birds as a Resource

  • 5: Hunting and Fowling

  • 6: Cooking and Eating

  • 7: Farming

  • Living with Birds

  • 8: Captivity and Domestication

  • 9: Sports and Entertainments

  • 10: Relationships and Responsibilities

  • Invention and Discovery

  • 11: Wonders: travellers' tales and tall stories

  • 12: Medicine: folklore and science

  • 13: Observation and Enquiry: the beginnings of ornithology

  • Thinking with Birds

  • 14: Omens and Auguries

  • 15: Magic and Metamorphosis

  • 16: Signs and Symbols

  • Birds as Intermediaries

  • 17: Fabulous Creatures

  • 18: Messengers and Mediators

  • 19: Mother Earth

  • 20: Epilogue: then and now

  • Appendix: some bird lists from ancient sources

  • Biographies of authors quoted

  • References

  • Bibliography

  • Bibliography

  • Acknowledgements and picture credits

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198853114
ISBN-10: 0198853114
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mynott, Jeremy
Hersteller: Early English Text Society
Maße: 233 x 154 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Jeremy Mynott
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2020
Gewicht: 0,808 kg
Artikel-ID: 117494477
Über den Autor
Jeremy Mynott is the author of Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience (2009), a book exploring the variety of human responses to birds, described by reviewers as 'the finest book ever written about why we watch birds' (Guardian) and 'a wonderful rumination on birds and birders through space and time for anyone interested in our relationship with nature' (THES). He has also published an edition and translation of Thucydides in the series 'Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought' and, more recently, Knowing your Place, an account of the wildlife in a tiny Suffolk hamlet. He has broadcast on radio and television, and is a regular reviewer for the TLS and wildlife magazines, a founder member of 'New Networks for Nature', the former Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press, and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
Zusammenfassung
Shortlisted for the 2019 Wolfson History Prize
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Birds in the Natural World

  • 1: The Seasons

  • 2: Weather

  • 3: Time

  • 4: Soundscapes

  • Birds as a Resource

  • 5: Hunting and Fowling

  • 6: Cooking and Eating

  • 7: Farming

  • Living with Birds

  • 8: Captivity and Domestication

  • 9: Sports and Entertainments

  • 10: Relationships and Responsibilities

  • Invention and Discovery

  • 11: Wonders: travellers' tales and tall stories

  • 12: Medicine: folklore and science

  • 13: Observation and Enquiry: the beginnings of ornithology

  • Thinking with Birds

  • 14: Omens and Auguries

  • 15: Magic and Metamorphosis

  • 16: Signs and Symbols

  • Birds as Intermediaries

  • 17: Fabulous Creatures

  • 18: Messengers and Mediators

  • 19: Mother Earth

  • 20: Epilogue: then and now

  • Appendix: some bird lists from ancient sources

  • Biographies of authors quoted

  • References

  • Bibliography

  • Bibliography

  • Acknowledgements and picture credits

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198853114
ISBN-10: 0198853114
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mynott, Jeremy
Hersteller: Early English Text Society
Maße: 233 x 154 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Jeremy Mynott
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2020
Gewicht: 0,808 kg
Artikel-ID: 117494477
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