Animal encounters
Subtitle: human and animal interaction in Britain from the Norman conquest to World War One
By: Arthur MacGregor
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9781861898494
Subjects: Human-animal relationships; History; Animal culture; Working animals; Animals and civilization
Other titles: Human and animal interaction in Britain from the Norman Conquest to World War I
Notes: "Acts of Parliament and other statutory instruments consulted in preparing the text": p. 528-529.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-523) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : human engagement with the animal world; title: The ubiquitous horse; title: The art of venery and its adjuncts; title: Urban and rural sports and pastimes; title: The living larder; title: Animals on the farm; title: Epilogue.