Medieval Animals are a wonderful local heritage (think Fantastic Beasts and Pokémon but weirder and much more fun!). Real and imaginary animals had their stories told in medieval books, paintings, and sculpture. They helped to inspire and express people’s sense of wonder in the natural world. St Anselm and other medieval writers in medieval East Kent sought to engage everyone’s feelings by making animals the bearers of emotional meanings. Now we are going to reimagine their creativity and help children to better understand their emotions and support everyone’s wellbeing by enthusing about our fantastic local heritage. We shall use inspirational medieval ‘green heritage’ traced in rare native animals, manuscripts, folklore and traditions and medieval archaeology to foreground local and national history and ecology. This is a rare and important story that draws in people and animals from all over the medieval world. - [Web site]

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