Le coq médiéval

The medieval speech on the cock, inherited partly from Latin authors, is spread through bestiaries. Its ambivalent symbolism oscillates between, on one side, its generosity and courage, on the other one, its loftiness and its lustful character. An attribute of Gaul, then of the kings of France from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michel Pastoureau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie 2017-12-01
Series:Revue d'ethnoécologie
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/3288