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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Explorations in local and regional history ; v. 6
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Explorations in local and regional history ; v. 6.
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| Summary |
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 revolutionized. Questioning the traditional explanation of the hunting transitionnamely that change in the landscape led to a decline of the deer populationthis book explores the terrain of Northamptonshire during that time period and seeks alternative justifications. Arguing that the many changes that hunting underwent in England were directly related to the transformation of the hunting horse, this in-depth account demonstrates how the near-thoroughbred horse became the mount of choice for those who hunted in the shires. This book shows how, quite literally, the thrill of the chase drove the hunting transition. |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Publication Grant; Contents; List of figures ; 1.1 The Northamptonshire forests ; 1.2 'The Shires' hunting country ; 2.1 Unharbouring ye Stagg ; 3.1 Salcey Forest ; 3.2 Whittlewood Forest ; 3.3 Rockingham Forest ; 3.4 1608 Whittlewood map: detail of Wakefield Lawn ; 3.5 Comparison of 1608 Whittlewood map and 1827 Bryant map ; 3.6 Benefield Lawn, from Hatton map ; 3.7 Benefield Lawn, from copy of seventeenth-century map ; 3.8 Distribution of deer parks: Saxton map ; 3.9 Distribution of deer parks: Herman Moll map. |
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3.10 Distribution of deer parks: Bryant map 3.11 Holdenby Park ; 3.12 Deene Park ; 4.1 East Midlands hunt countries around 1850 ; 5.1 Comparison of wold areas with favoured hunting country ; 5.2 Enclosure in Hellidon ; 5.3 A young quickset ; 5.4 A bullfinch ; 5.5 Approaching an oxer over ridge-and-furrow ; 5.6 A gorse covert ; 5.7 Northamptonshire fox coverts ; 6.1 Stag hunts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ; 7.1 Seventeenth-century riding position ; 7.2 The English hunting seat ; List of tables ; 3.1. Land use within Whittlewood, 1787 ; 5.1. Northamptonshire fox coverts. |
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Abbreviations Series editors' preface ; 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 ; 9. Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index of names and places. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Deer hunting -- Great Britain -- History.
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Deer hunting. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Fox hunting -- Great Britain -- History.
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Landscapes -- Social aspects -- England -- Northamptonshire.
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Landscapes -- Social aspects. |
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Fox hunting. |
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Landscapes. |
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England -- Northamptonshire. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Hunting. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Belin, Mandy de. From the deer to the fox 9781909291041 (OCoLC)830354319 |
| ISBN |
9781909291058 (electronic book) |
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1909291056 (electronic book) |
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9781909291065 (electronic book) |
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1909291064 (electronic book) |
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9781909291041 |
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1909291048 |
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