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The Art of Medieval Hunting: The Hound and the Hawk Hardcover – September 30, 2003

by John Cummins (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars 8 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Booksales (September 30, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785815929
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785815921
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #987,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Solid and helpful
By Cordelia on July 13, 2001
Format: Paperback
This book is essential for anyone who wants to know about western European medieval hunting. Cummins admirably completes the task of being thorough, with frequent references to and quotations of primary texts. The structure makes the book easy to follow and inclusions of anecdotes and poems makes the reading fun.
This book captures both the practice and the romance of hunting throughout the centuries of the middle ages. It is generous of detail. My one complaint might be that there is little attempt to discuss different practices in different regions of Europe, though the author acknowledges the existence of slight regional variations and does try to delve into them here and there.
It is hard to imagine that any other book on the subject need be written for some time.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Welcome to the world of the Medieval Hunt
By J.B. on May 11, 2001
Format: Hardcover
Over all, an excellent introduction to the world of the Medieval Hunt. Some knowledge of medieval history and/or study is helpful, as the author does sometimes seem to assume you know what he is talking about. Full of vivid descriptions, (especially concerning the chapters refering to "Par Force" hunting) One can almost see the Hunt as it unfolds. The chapters concerning the "Par Force" and the "Bow and Stable" Hunts are excellantly done with much intricate detail covering everything from how the hounds were taken care of to how much the Huntsman made. This section alone makes the book worth purchasing. The section on falconry, I found was not quite so in depth as the "Hounds" section, though it was definately useful and interesting.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
John Cummins is a superb historian
By starflakes on May 17, 2005
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
I purchased this book over a year ago and found after the first chapter that it was uninteresting. Finally, I went back to it and am pleased I did.

The following chapters on the beasts and fowl hunted by hound, hawk and other methods are very good reads. At times the olde English which accounts for about one quarter of the book really are difficult as 1400 English is not modern English, but in saying that there is a definite charm to it being included and it is a thankful reality.

John Cummins unlike most modern historians is superb in easily telling a story when he needs to do his vocation and then sits back and allows the original texts to tell the story. Cummins appears in his work to have an existential experience with the world he is speaking, instead as I stated before with most historians these days who write from cramped apartments smelling of book mold.....Mr. Cummins also pleasingly does not include his ego in writing his opinions. In this book, you see the world through the eyes of era 1400 hunters.

I did find one mistake in his writing as to why a hunter of that period would dress as a huge woodcock, in thinking size mattered. In truth, for birds that are preyed upon, like geese, a decoy 6 feet tall actually has more appeal than a regular size decoy, that explanation should have been secured by Mr. Cummins.

The only drawback, beside the first chapter, was he only wrote a few paragraphs about the setters when employed in hawk and other hunting. As one who has a great affection for the Irish Setter, I would have liked a chapter on the intricate training of this breed.

In relating all of that, this book pleased me as it is historical prose. I will look for Mr. Cummins other books on Christopher Columbus and Francis Drake as I am certain after this book, he will not displease me in reciting history through the words of those in which he records.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Hunting history from a hunting scholar
By Mike Daplyn on December 16, 2011
Format: Paperback
John Cummins is that rare creature, a scholar who is also a hunting man (readers of the first edition might have noticed that half the people in his dedication are members of his shooting syndicate, and the other half are their dogs). He is master of his sources in their original languages and can put the hunt with hound or falcon in its immensely entrenched context of social symbolism, but he also feels the essential relationship of respect that the successful hunter must have for his prey and for the animals which are his assistants. He covers the whole range of hunting practice, the mass hunt 'par force de chiens' (dozens of hunters and hounds after one animal, pure entertainment and conspicuous display), the drive hunt 'by bow and stable' (mediaeval version of a serious economic technique going back to the stone age), and even highly specialised affairs like the perilous pursuit of chamois with the javelin in the high Alps. His real respect, though, is for the low-profile, patient, subtle (and potentially highly productive) moving (not driving) of deer by men on foot to concealed archers, as described by the German knight Guicennas. He appreciates the sheer endurance required of men and hounds, as in Alfonso XI's pursuit of a bear for three days and two nights in the snow-covered Gredos. And he understands the frustrations that go with any pursuit of wild prey with animal assistance. In the words of that great hunter Gaston Phoebus, Count of Foix 'Des oiseaulx, des chiens, des armes, d'amours/Pour une joie, cent doulours'. It's really excellent that this book was re-issued, despite the prevailing odour of political incorrectness (to which I personally don't subscribe) attaching to all forms of hunting in the UK.
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