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From the series A Work of Art as a Source of Knowledge of Life in the Middle Ages. In the last three decades, historians have begun to deal with animals, especially in relation to humans. The Middle Ages were a period that left us with a very diverse range of sources of various natures that testify to this relationship. Medieval people thought intensively about animals, and medieval art is a rich treasury of "depictions" of representatives of the animal world. Animals were present in all areas of medieval life. People hunted them, ate them, milked them, sheared them, skinned them, rode them, plowed with them, and used them to pull carts. An interesting chapter is pets, animals that people chose "only" to keep them company. Pets enjoyed close physical proximity to their owner, were fed a luxurious diet, and were generally given special care. They were often even treated more kindly than most other people. The lecture will introduce the most popular pets of the Middle Ages.