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Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Modern England - William Cavendish, First Earl of Devonshire (1551-1626) and his Horses (Hardcover)
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Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Modern England - William Cavendish, First Earl of Devonshire (1551-1626) and his Horses (Hardcover)
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Through a study of horses, the book reveals how an important and
growing aristocratic estate was managed, where the aristocrat at
the centre of it - William Cavendish - travelled and how he spent
his time, and how horses were oneof the means by which he asserted
his social status. This book, by a leading authority on early
modern social and cultural history, examines in detail how an
important English aristocrat managed his horses. At the same time,
it discusses how horses and the uses to which they were put were a
very significant social statement and a forceful assertion of
status and the right to political power. Based on detailed original
research in the archives of Chatsworth House, the book explores the
breeding and rearing, the buying and selling, and the care and
maintenance of horses, showing how these activities fitted in to
the overall management of the earl's large estates. It outlines the
uses of horses as the earl and his retinue travelled to and from
family, the county assizes and quarter sessions, social visits and
London for "the season" and to attend Court and Parliament. It also
considers the use of horses in sport: hawking, hunting, racing and
the other ways in which visitors were entertained. Overall, the
book provides a great deal of detail on the management of horses in
the period and also on the yearly cycle of activities of a typical
aristocrat engaged in service, pleasure and power. PETER EDWARDS is
an Emeritus Professor of Early Modern British Social History at the
University of Roehampton. He has published numerous books including
The Horse Trade of Tudor and Stuart England and Horse and Man in
Early Modern England.
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