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Accepted Paper:
The world(s) of falconry in the long middle ages
Tiago Viúla de Faria
(Instituto de Estudos Medievais - NOVA University Lisbon)
This paper looks at the geography of falconry between the European middle ages and the dawn of exploration over the late fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries, as it expanded (and came to adapt) to new physical as well as cultural landscapes.
Paper long abstract:
The human practice of taming wild birds of prey with the aim of assisting individuals and communities in the hunt for food dates back for several millennia. Over time, falconry became a staple of various small-scale economic systems. Significantly, it also came to acquire strong cultural implications. By the European middle ages, it had spread out fully across the continent and was subject to strict sets of social norms. Hardly used for subsistence anymore, medieval falconry was a privilege of the elites, itself a symbol of status, power, wealth and social privilege. This paper looks at the geography of falconry between the European middle ages and the dawn of exploration over the late fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries, as it expanded (and came to adapt) to new physical as well as cultural landscapes.