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Author:

Fudge, Erica, author.

Title:

Quick cattle and dying wishes : people and their animals in early modern England / Erica Fudge.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvii, 239 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Human-animal relationships--England--History--17th century.
Domestic animals--England--History--17th century.
Wills--England--History--17th century.
England--Social life and customs--17th century.
Domestic animals.
Human-animal relationships.
Manners and customs.
Wills.
England.
1600-1699
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Goldelocks and the three bequests -- Counting chickens in early modern Essex : writing animals into early modern will -- The Fuller will and the agricultural worlds of people and animals -- Named partners and other rugs : animals as co-workers in early modern England -- Other-worldly matter : the immaterial value of animals -- Less than kind : the transient animals of early modern London -- Afterword : bovine nostalgia.

Summary:

"An examination of what it was like to live and work with animals in early modern England"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1501715089
9781501715082
1501715070
9781501715075

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1008762848

LCCN:

2017048071

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)