Cats had a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/why-cats-were-hated-in-medieval-europe/#:%7E:text=Cats%20in%20medieval%20Europe%20mostly,this%20view%20of%20felines%20emerged.">bad reputation</a> in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://academiccatlady.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/halloween-black-cats-and-witches-in-medieval-times/">witchcraft</a> meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, medieval manuscripts showcase surprisingly playful images of our furry friends.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 women were <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/A_Cultural_History_of_Animals_in_the_Med.html?id=ZbDYSAAACAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y">often identified</a> by the animals they kept. <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://mad.hypotheses.org/37">Pet monkeys</a>, for example, were considered exotic and a sign that the owner was wealthy, because they had been imported from distant lands. Pets became part of the personal identity of the nobility. Keeping an animal that was lavished with attention, affection and high-quality food in return for no functional purpose – other than companionship – signified high status.It was not unusual for high-status men and women in the middle ages to have their portrait completed <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://fanimal.online/the-history-of-pet-portraits/">in the company of a pet</a>, most commonly cats and dogs, to signify their elevated status.

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在中世纪，猫的名声不好。他们被认为与异教和巫术有联系，这意味着他们经常受到怀疑。尽管它们与超自然现象有关，但中世纪手稿展示了我们毛茸茸的朋友们令人惊讶的有趣形象。 从这些（通常非常有趣的）描述中，我们可以了解到很多中世纪人对猫的态度——尤其是猫是中世纪日常生活中的重要组成部分。 在中世纪，男人和女人通常通过他们饲养的动物来区分。例如，宠物猴子被认为是舶来品，是主人富有的标志，因为它们是从遥远的地方引进的。宠物成为贵族个人身份的一部分。饲养一只除了陪伴之外没有任何功能性目的的动物，却得到了大量的关注、关爱以及高质量的食物，这意味着高地位。 在中世纪，地位高的男女在宠物（最常见的是猫和狗）的陪伴下完成画像并不罕见，这表明他们的地位提高了。

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