01901    a2200313   450000500170000000800410001702000220005803700360008004000070011604100080012307200130013107200150014407200160015907200160017507200140019107200150020507200140022007200140023407200140024807200210026207200210028307200180030410000220032224500780034425000060042226000320042830000100046052011170047020250526161924.0250430042024GB        66           eng    a9781040257432qEA  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 36.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aN2thema7 aNHD2thema7 aNHTB2thema7 aQRAX2thema7 a3K2bisac7 aHBLC12bic7 aHBJD2bic7 aHBTB2bic7 aHRAX2bic7 aHIS0100002bisac7 aHIS0370102bisac7 a202.122bisac1 aMathilde van Dijk10aCompanion SpeciesbSaints, Animals and Ordinary Humans in the Middle Ages  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20241128  a272 p  bThis book explores the connection between saints and animals, and how the power over animals has been a characteristic of saints from their beginnings in the Early Church. The connection between saints and humans is examined, with the saint as a human rising beyond humanity, touching the divine, and the non-human animal as a creature, which is connected to and yet removed from humanity and which may have a connection to the sacred itself. This volume transcends traditional religious boundaries by including Christian saints as well as similar figures in Islam and Norse religions. It operates on the cusp of two exciting and innovative fields: hagiographic and animal studies. It shows the complexities of human-animal interaction and the sacred: authorities clashing with experiential knowledge, metaphorical animals as opposed to real, animals ranging from helpers or opponents of saints, disguises of demons, or identity markers of a human community. Companion Species will be of value to scholars and students interested in medieval history, Europe, and religion, as well as social and cultural history.