🐱 In the ancient world, cats were sacred — protectors, companions, even gods.

By the Middle Ages, they became feared as omens and familiars of witches.

The arc of adoration to fear is striking.

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Cats in the Middle Ages

Explore how medieval Europe saw cats as both symbols of sin and agents of grace — creatures caught between superstition and survival.

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Keeping up the nautical flavour of the month (our Haunted Cow episode) with a look at a very adventurous kitty this #caturday :Trim, the feline companion to cartographer/explorer Matthew Flinders; together they sailed the globe, and circumnavigated the Australian coastline.

Statues of Trim, often with his human Flinders, can be found in Australia and the UK.

Happy #caturday !

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