Tomáš Krivjanský, 851 03 Bratislava 5, Osuského 34, Slovenská Republika e-mail: tkrivjansky86@gmail.com web: www.krivjansky.sk web: https://www.facebook.com/krivjansky.sk www.klubsokoliarov.sk www.sokoliari.sk _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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As a founding member and a long-term official of The Slovak Falconers Club, I have gathered enough experience to compose the specialised monography ˝FALCONRY˝ into separate parts (Part 1: Past and Present, Part 2: Our Raptors and Owls). Both books have been successful not only in Slovakia, but abroad, as well. I have listened to the requests of multiple falconers around the world and prepared an adapted English version of part 1. However, while composing my book I realised that I must expand upon my original plan and focus also on the present, represented mainly by the IAF conferences and world falconry festivals, not just the past. Because of this, my book has grown in the number of pages and illustrations by about one third. The English, full-colour, richly illustrated 320-page monograph, FALCONRY Past and Present (SOKOLIARSTVO – Minulosť a súčasnosť), includes 1,029 photographs and illustrations (see table of contents), A4 format, hardback. The price of the book is € 39 plus shipping costs. Other currencies will be calculated ad the daily exchange rate of the National Bank of Slovakia into EUR. If you’re interested in a purchasing a book, please contact me or fill in and send me the following order form: In Bratislava september 23, 2014 Tomáš Krivjanský Order Name:______________________________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________________________ E-mail: _________________________________________________________________ I am ordering
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Hunting in our region from the outset 3. History of falconry (cca 4,500 years) – Nimrod – Hitties and “Bogazkab“ in Asia Minor (cca 3,300 years ago) – The Assyrians and “Khorsabad“ in Southwest Asia (722 - 681 B.C.) – Siberia - Asia
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– China – Japan – Korea (2 698 B.C. – 1 868 A.D.) – India (400 B.C. – 500 A.D.) – Orient – Persia – Palestine – Arabic cultures (500 B.C – 800 A.D.) – Asian Nomads – Huns – Avars (cca 2 500 B.C. – 796 A.D.) – Europe and the present-day territory of Bohemia (cca 1 000 B.C. – A.D.) – Proto-slavs – Falconry and clergy (506 – 1464) – St. Bavo – Emperor Charles the Great and the Capitularies (cca 500 – 822) – Great Moravia (cca 830 – 925) – Rise of the Ugrian state (714 – 1 000) – Medieval Hungary ( 1 000 – 1 342) – Medieval Europe (980 – 1 223) – Genghis Khan (1 162 – 1 227) – Frederick II of Hohenstaufen – “the Falcon Emperor“ (1 194 – 1 250) – The rise of falconry in Europe (1 213 – 1438) – Batu Khan a Kublai Khan (1 235 – 1 294) – Falconry in the present-day territory of Slovakia (1 156 – 1293) – Europe – Asia (1 260 – 1 584) – The Saker Falcon of Nitra (1 504 – 1 560) – Falconry in the present-day territory of Bohemia and Slovakia in the late Middle Ages (1539 – 1753) – St. Trifon and the tsar of falconers (1 530 – 1 676) – Charles d´Arcusia: La Fauconniere, France (1 610 – 1 715) – Falconry in Western Europe (1 647 – 1 700) – Falconry in the dramatic art, diplomacy and business in the 17th and 18th centuries – The glory of falconry fades away (1765 – 1 936) – The revival of falconry in Austria-Hungary (1903 – 1938) – The most famous falconers in the world 4. The Renaissance of Falconry – The Renaissance of falconry in the US – The Renaissance of falconry in Czechoslovakia – The Renaissance of falconry in Slovakia – The Renaissance of falconry in the former Soviet Union 5. The present of falconry – International hunting and falconry organisations – IAF and the festivals of falconry until 2009 and Slovakia 2010 – Strasbourg 2011 – The festival in the UAE 2011 – IAF in the Netherlands 2014 – The festival in Qatar 2014 6. Raptors and owls used in falconry – Looking at raptors – Classification of raptors based on their training 7. Falconry traditions and the National Bank of Slovakia 8. About the author Final acknowledgements Bibliography Authors of photographs and illustrations Table of contents Advertising
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