misschiquita: “For the medieval aristocracy, hunting with hounds or hawks was a consuming passion. A large literature of detailed, formal handbooks describing the procedures and rituals of hunting existed from the Thirteenth Century onwards. This compilation on the arts of hawking and the chase is a late example, commissioned by Charles VIII of France in around 1494.”

misschiquita:

“For the medieval aristocracy, hunting with hounds or hawks was a consuming passion. A large literature of detailed, formal handbooks describing the procedures and rituals of hunting existed from the Thirteenth Century onwards. This compilation on the arts of hawking and the chase is a late example, commissioned by Charles VIII of France in around 1494.”