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SUMMARY:Distancing animals in medieval chronicles - Brigitte Resl (Univers
 ity of Liverpool)
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CONTACT:Salim Al-Gailani
DESCRIPTION:During an outbreak of pestilence in areas of Central Europe in
  1271 dead people and livestock were buried in ditches\; during a famine i
 n the same region in 1243 wolves roamed the land and people fearfully hid 
 inside their houses: later medieval chronicle reports about catastrophes s
 uch as famine\, floods\, epidemic disease or warfare are full of vivid acc
 ounts of their impact on the human population describing domesticated anim
 als as fellow-victims. In contrast\, wild animals frequently occur within 
 such narratives either as causing catastrophes or as an indication of thei
 r severity. Whether or not these are topoi\, they show not only the import
 ance of animals to the perception of events\, but also where contemporarie
 s liked to draw the boundaries between species.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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