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The attitude of the Middle Ages towards animals
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of History and Classical Studies |
| Degree: | MA |
| Year: | 1929 |
| Keywords: | History, Medieval |
| Record ID: | 1495199 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile128822.pdf |
Abstract
Medieval natural history depended little on experiment and much on the authority of previous writers. Consequently, instead of the conclusions of these earlier writers being criticized and corrected by constant observation, their combined blunders were merely reasserted and perpetuated, and in the course of a thousand years or so were frequently magnified and distorted. [...]
