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

Author/creator Fudge, Erica
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
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.

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.
Abstract "An examination of what it was like to live and work with animals in early modern England"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Fudge, Erica, author. Quick cattle and dying wishes Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501715075
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017051601
ISBN9781501715099 (epub/mobi)
ISBN9781501715105 (pdf)

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