Noble Brutes: How Eastern Horses Transformed English Culture
(Part of the Animals, History, Culture Series)
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"His lordship's Arabian," a phrase often heard in eighteenth-century England, described a new kind of horse imported into the British Isles from the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States of North Africa. Noble Brutes traces how the introduction of these Eastern blood horses transformed early modern culture and revolutionized England's racing and equestrian tradition. More than two hundred Oriental horses were imported into the British...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801890284
ISBN13:9780801890284
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 8.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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