Cover: The Bear: History of a Fallen King, from Harvard University PressCover: The Bear in HARDCOVER

The Bear

History of a Fallen King

Product Details

HARDCOVER

$29.95 • £26.95 • €27.95

ISBN 9780674047822

Publication Date: 10/17/2011

Short

384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

36 color illustrations

Belknap Press

World

Add to Cart

Media Requests:

Related Subjects

  • Introduction: The Historian Considers the Animal
  • I: The Bear Venerated: From the Paleolithic to the Feudal Era
    • 1. The First God?
    • 2. King of the Beasts
    • 3. The Relative of Man
  • II: The Bear Combatted: From Charlemagne to Saint Louis
    • 4. The Saint Stronger than the Beast
    • 5. The Bear in the House of the Devil
    • 6. The Coronation of the Lion
  • III: The Bear Dethroned: From the Late Middle Ages to the Present
    • 7. A Humiliated Animal
    • 8. Princes’ Whims, Ladies’ Fantasies
    • 9. From Mountain to Museum
  • Epilogue: The Revenge of the Bear
  • Notes
  • Sources and Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

Recent News

Black lives matter. Black voices matter. A statement from HUP »

From Our Blog

Photograph of the book Fearless Women against red/white striped background

A Conversation with Elizabeth Cobbs about Fearless Women

For Women’s History Month, we are highlighting the work of Elizabeth Cobbs, whose new book Fearless Women shows how the movement for women’s rights has been deeply entwined with the history of the United States since its founding. Cobbs traces the lives of pathbreaking women who, inspired by American ideals, fought for the cause in their own ways…