Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred CatPsychology Press, 2001 - 227 pages Today when we think of domestic cats, we recall the familiar hearthside companion and the mischievous playmate. It is difficult to comprehend that in the past the animal has played a fundamental role in the development of European and Western civilization. The human relationship to the cat has been important for most of the last four millennia. |
Contents
The cat in history | 1 |
Types of domestic cat | 10 |
Egypt | 18 |
Greece | 48 |
Rome 888 | 88 |
This | 136 |
AD 5001000 | 138 |
Persecution and redemption | 152 |
The Black Death | 160 |
Renaissance and redemption | 170 |
Cat remains from Greek and Roman | 176 |
The Vox in Rama of Gregory IX | 183 |
Notes | 189 |
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