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The bear : history of a fallen king
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The bear : history of a fallen king

Michel Pastoureau

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Translation of: L'ours : histoire d'un roi déchu. c2007.

Contents

The historian considers the animal
The bear venerated : from the Paleolithic to the feudal era. The first god? ; King of the beasts ; The relative of man
The bear combatted : from Charlemagne to Saint Louis. The saint stronger than the beast ; The bear in the house of the Devil ; The coronation of the lion
The bear dethroned : from the late Middle Ages to the present. A humiliated animal ; Princes' whims, ladies' fantasies ; From mountain to museum
The revenge of the bear.

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