Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Horses and the Aristocratic Estate
- Chapter 1 Running the Family Business: Landed Wealth and Estate Management
- Chapter 2 Funding the Aristocratic Lifestyle: Demesne Farming and the Price Revolution
- Chapter 3 Breeding and Rearing Horses in and for One's Image
- Chapter 4 Caveat Emptor: Buying and Selling Horses
- Chapter 5 Grooming to Perfection: The Care and Maintenance of Horses
- Part II Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle
- Chapter 6 Visiting One's ‘Neighbours’: Social Life in the Provinces
- Chapter 7 The Call of Duty: The Aristocracy as Public Servants
- Chapter 8 On the Road: Travel to London for the Season
- Chapter 9 The Public and Private Lives of Elite Visitors to the Capital
- Chapter 10 Passing the Time with the Aristocracy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Horses and the Aristocratic Estate
- Chapter 1 Running the Family Business: Landed Wealth and Estate Management
- Chapter 2 Funding the Aristocratic Lifestyle: Demesne Farming and the Price Revolution
- Chapter 3 Breeding and Rearing Horses in and for One's Image
- Chapter 4 Caveat Emptor: Buying and Selling Horses
- Chapter 5 Grooming to Perfection: The Care and Maintenance of Horses
- Part II Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle
- Chapter 6 Visiting One's ‘Neighbours’: Social Life in the Provinces
- Chapter 7 The Call of Duty: The Aristocracy as Public Servants
- Chapter 8 On the Road: Travel to London for the Season
- Chapter 9 The Public and Private Lives of Elite Visitors to the Capital
- Chapter 10 Passing the Time with the Aristocracy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Modern EnglandWilliam Cavendish, First Earl of Devonshire (1551–1626) and his Horses, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2018