Introducing the medieval ass /

"Introducing the Medieval Ass presents a lucid, accessible, and comprehensive picture of the enormous socioeconomic and cultural significance of the ass, or donkey, in the Middle Ages and beyond. In medieval times, the ass was a vital, utilitarian beast of burden, rather like ubiquitous white d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smithies, Kathryn L. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press 2020.
Series:Medieval animals.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.14491595
Table of Contents:
  • The natural world of the ass
  • The religious ass
  • The scholastic ass
  • The ass in literature
  • Postscript : the medieval ass in the post-medieval era.