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From the Deer to the Fox: The Hunting Transition and the Landscape, 1600-1850: Explorations in Local and Regional Histo

Autor Mandy De Belin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2013
Between the 17th and 19th centuries the sport of hunting was transformed. The principal prey changed from deer to fox, and the methods of pursuit were revolutionised. This book questions the traditional account of why this change occurred by looking at the landscape of Northamptonshire.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781909291041
ISBN-10: 1909291048
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 30 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 168 x 241 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: University of Hertfordshire Press
Seria Explorations in Local and Regional Histo


Notă biografică

Mandy de Belin completed her MA and PhD studies in the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester, where she focused on the connection of the East Midlands with the history of hunting. Her interest in the subject originated in a passion for the landscape and for horses. Dr de Belin is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester.

Cuprins

1 Introduction 2 Early Modern Deer Hunting 3 The Landscape of Deer Hunting 4 Modern Foxhunting 5 The Landscape of Foxhunting 6 Old Hunting in New Conditions 7 Horses and Hunting 8 The Chase goes out of Fashion: Hunting and the Polite Society