The bear : history of a fallen king / Michel Pastoureau ; translated by George Holoch
- Author:
- Pastoureau, Michel, 1947-
- Uniform Title:
- L'ours : Histoire d'un roi déchu. English
- Published:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
- Physical Description:
- 343 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Holoch, George
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I.The Bear Venerated: From the Paleolithic to the Feudal Era -- 1.The First God? -- 2.King of the Beasts -- 3.The Relative of Man -- II.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 -- III.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.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780674047822 (alk. paper)
0674047826 (alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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