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Author Pastoureau, Michel, 1947-

Title The bear : history of a fallen king / Michel Pastoureau ; translated by George Holoch.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  398.2452 PASTOUREAU    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  398.2452 PASTOUREAU    Check Shelf
Description 343 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note Translation of: L'ours : histoire d'un roi déchu. c2007.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-328) and index.
Contents [pt.] 1. The bear venerated : from the Paleolithic to the feudal era. 1. The first god? ; 2. King of the beasts ; 3. The relative of man -- [pt.] 2. The bear combatted : from Charlemagne to Saint Louis. 4. The saint stronger than the beast ; 5. The bear in the house of the Devil ; 6. The coronation of the lion -- [pt.] 3. The bear dethroned : from the late Middle Ages to the present. 7. A humiliated animal ; 8. Princes' whims, ladies' fantasies ; 9. From mountain to museum -- Epilogue : the revenge of the bear.
Subject Bears -- Folklore.
Bears -- Symbolic aspects.
Bears -- Religious aspects.
Human-animal relationships.
Christian art and symbolism.
Animals and civilization.
Added Author Holoch, George.
Added Title Ours. English.
ISBN 9780674047822 alkaline paper
0674047826 alkaline paper
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