Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; I. Animals in the Atlantic World: Perceptions andAssociations; II. Through the Prism of Human Perception: SpanishIntellectuals Write about Other Sentient Beings; III. Valued Animals and Animal Values; IV. Spirit Guides to Hell? Shape-Shifting and the Power ofAnimals Inverted; V. San MartÃn's Companion Animals: Nature Domesticatedand Blessed; VI. The Animals of Spain: Continuity and Change; Index
Summary
An overlooked area in the burgeoning field of animal studies is explored: the way nonhuman animals in the early modern Spanish empire were valued companions, as well as economic resources. Montaigne was not alone in his appreciation of animal life
