Pet advice from the Middle Ages isn't exactly like pet advice from today. Sure, you have your diet tips and expectations for obedience, but there's also a smattering of Latin incantations, unusual ...

Pets were not a modern invention, and medieval people formed deep emotional bonds with animals centuries ago. Dogs guarded, hunted, and comforted their owners, while cats were prized companions and ...

The Middle Ages are also known as the Dark Ages, but how dark were they for pets, really? Luckily, there are still a few documents around that give us some insight as to how pets were perceived and ...

Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, ...

Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. Despite their association with the supernatural, medieval ...

In the middle ages, most dogs had jobs. In his book De Canibus, the 16th-century English physician and scholar John Caius described a hierarchy of dogs, which he classified first and foremost ...

Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, ...

From these (often very funny) portrayals, we can learn a lot about medieval attitudes towards cats – not least that they were a central fixture of daily medieval life. In the middle ages, men and ...