What affects us affects cats
This is about domestic cat history. The title is a Google search term but misleading because it implies that there is a creature called ‘Grimalkin Cat’. There is not. Grimalkin is a 17th century word meaning ‘a cat’, especially an old female cat. The word grimalkin also refers to ‘a jealous of imperious old …
“The dramatic decrease in value of domestic cats over a 1000 years feeds cat abuse” – Michael Several statutes (laws made by government) specifically mentioned domestic cats showing how valuable they were for their mice catching skills. One Welsh statute of the tenth century stated: “The price of a cat is fourpence. Her qualities …
The voyeuristic fascination with domestic cats grooming their anal area started a long time ago, well before the Middle Ages but these illustrations from books tell us a bit about the feelings of people towards domestic cats from the 5th to the 15th century in Europe. There is an implied criticism and denigration of …
