Noble brutes
Subtitle: how eastern bloodstock transformed English culture
By: Donna Landry.
Series: Animals, history, culture
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801890284
Subjects: Arabian horse -- History -- Great Britain; Arabian horse -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; Horsemanship -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Social life and customs
Description: "More than two hundred Oriental horses were imported into the British Isles between 1650 and 1750. With the horses came Eastern ideas about horsemanship and the relationship between horses and humans. Landry's ground-breaking archival research reveals how these Eastern imports profoundly influenced riding and racing styles, as well as literature and sporting art."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.