Diversas dimensiones de la violencia en el ámbito de la cetrería medieval hispánica

In this paper, we analyse the different meanings that can be attributed to the word << violence >> in the world of medieval falconry. Based on documentation from the ancient Crowns of Castile and Aragon during the late Middle Ages and the early Modern Era, as well as the treatises that the Castilian and Catalan traditions produced within the discipline of hunting with birds, we characterize this violence in the sense of << force exerted against nature >>, as well as aggression against birds and their nests as property with high economic value, crimes that were codified in the legislative bodies of the time.