Zur Startseite gehen
0,00 €*
Cover: 9780198853114 | Birds in the Ancient World | Winged Words | Jeremy Mynott | Buch
Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.
Birds in the Ancient World
Winged Words
Taschenbuch von Jeremy Mynott
Sprache: Englisch

35,35 €*

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Kategorien:
Beschreibung
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
Seiten: 480
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198853114
ISBN-10: 0198853114
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mynott, Jeremy
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 233 x 154 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Jeremy Mynott
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2020
Gewicht: 0,808 kg
preigu-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
Seiten: 480
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198853114
ISBN-10: 0198853114
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mynott, Jeremy
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 233 x 154 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Jeremy Mynott
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2020
Gewicht: 0,808 kg
preigu-id: 117494477
Warnhinweis

Ähnliche Produkte

Ähnliche Produkte

Buch
Cover: 9783110188172 | Hippolytos | Euripides | Buch | Griechisch (bis 1453) | 2015
Hippolytos
EAN: 9783110188172
Sprache: Deutsch, Griechisch (bis 1453), Klassische
Von/Mit: Euripides

44,95 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9783110482355 | Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity | Jáuregui | Taschenbuch
Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity
EAN: 9783110482355
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Miguel Herrero De Jáuregui

23,95 €*

Lieferzeit 4-7 Werktage

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9783896656346 | What is Up to Us? | Pierre Destrée (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch
What is Up to Us?
Studies on Agency and Responsibility in Ancient Philosophy
EAN: 9783896656346
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Pierre Destrée (u. a.)

39,00 €*

Lieferzeit 2-3 Wochen

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9781526760746 | The Wars of Alexander's Successors 323 - 281 BC | Bob Bennett (u. a.)
The Wars of Alexander's Successors 323 - 281 BC
Volume 1: Commanders and Campaigns
EAN: 9781526760746
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Bob Bennett (u. a.)

21,15 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Buch
Cover: 9783730607763 | Vom glücklichen Leben / Von der Kürze des Lebens | Seneca | Buch
Vom glücklichen Leben / Von der Kürze des Lebens
EAN: 9783730607763
Sprache: Deutsch
Von/Mit: Seneca

3,95 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9783793099604 | Vom Leben der Wörter | Wortgeschichten aus der »Neuen Zürcher Zeitung«
Vom Leben der Wörter
Wortgeschichten aus der »Neuen Zürcher Zeitung«
EAN: 9783793099604
Sprache: Deutsch
Von/Mit: Klaus Bartels

19,80 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9781108948999 | A Concise History of Greece | Richard Clogg | Taschenbuch | Paperback
A Concise History of Greece
EAN: 9781108948999
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Richard Clogg

34,80 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Buch
Cover: 9783825152901 | Die Schöpfung wartet auf den Menschen | Johannes Lauten | Buch | 2022
Die Schöpfung wartet auf den Menschen
Die Briefe des Paulus in neuer Übersetzung. Beiträge zum Apostel Europas
EAN: 9783825152901
Sprache: Deutsch
Von/Mit: Johannes Lauten

32,00 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9783170420496 | Kaiserliche Autorität in Kult- und Göttermotiven | Mareile Rassiller
Kaiserliche Autorität in Kult- und Göttermotiven
Eine Analyse der Münzen von Augustus bis Trajan
EAN: 9783170420496
Sprache: Deutsch
Von/Mit: Mareile Rassiller

58,00 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage

Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um eine bestmögliche Erfahrung bieten zu können. Mehr Informationen ...