This thesis aims to explore how the dog, in the context of the European Early Middle Ages, could take on meanings that went beyond practical utility and become an indicator of status, lifestyle, or more generally of social identity, central to specific strategies of distinction. The chapters address the following topics: dog domestication, practical and symbolic roles in human communities, dogs in early medieval legislation, the use of dogs in hunting activities (for the benefit of laypeople only), and the presence of dogs in dedicated tombs.
Questa tesi si propone di indagare come il cane, nel contesto dell’Alto Medioevo europeo, potesse assumere significati che andassero oltre l’utilità pratica e configurarsi come un indicatore di status, stili di vita o più in generale di identità sociale, al centro di precise strategie di distinzione. I capitoli trattano le tematiche di: addomesticamento del cane, ruoli pratici e simbolici nelle comunità umane, cani nella legislazione altomedievale, utilizzo di cani nelle attività venatorie (a beneficio dei soli laici), presenza di cani in tombe dedicate.
Cani e prestigio sociale: una possibile correlazione tra sepolture e attività venatoria (secoli V-VIII)?
DARRA, MARCO
2024/2025
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This thesis aims to explore how the dog, in the context of the European Early Middle Ages, could take on meanings that went beyond practical utility and become an indicator of status, lifestyle, or more generally of social identity, central to specific strategies of distinction. The chapters address the following topics: dog domestication, practical and symbolic roles in human communities, dogs in early medieval legislation, the use of dogs in hunting activities (for the benefit of laypeople only), and the presence of dogs in dedicated tombs.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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