Abstract The medieval hunt and hunting manuals have been studied by historians as sources for the history of medieval science and geography, and for their insights into the daily lives of the elite societies that practiced hunting as a ritualized sport. This article examines two medieval hunting manuals, Juan Manuel’s Libro de la caza, and the Libro de la montería, commissioned by King Alfonso XI of Castile, and King Alfonso X’s law code, the Siete partidas, for their rhetorical and ideological portrayals of hunting and falconry as expressions of aristocratic power and sovereignty over the natural world. The article concludes with a study of an imagined debate between the merits of falconry and hunting with hounds in the Libro de la caza and Libro de la montería that sheds light on Juan Manuel and Alfonso’s competing views on nobility, informed by the political history of war and rebellion that shaped the lives of both men.

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在法律和文学中想象自然和贵族：Siete partidas (Alfonso X)、Libro de la montería (Alfonso XI) 和 Libro de la caza (Juan Manuel)

摘要 中世纪的狩猎和狩猎手册被历史学家研究作为中世纪科学和地理史的来源，以及他们对将狩猎作为一种仪式化运动进行实践的精英社会的日常生活的见解。本文考察了两本中世纪狩猎手册，胡安·曼努埃尔 (Juan Manuel) 的 Libro de la caza 和受卡斯蒂利亚国王阿方索十一世委托编写的 Libro de la montería，以及阿方索十世国王的法典 Siete partidas，它们对狩猎和狩猎的修辞和意识形态描绘猎鹰作为贵族权力和对自然世界的主权的表达。文章最后研究了 Libro de la caza 和 Libro de la montería 中猎鹰和猎犬狩猎的优点之间的想象辩论，揭示了胡安·曼努埃尔和阿方索对贵族的不同看法，