The bridleway : how horses shaped the British landscape
Francis-Baker, Tiffany2023
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Tiffany Francis-Baker explores how the relationship between humans and horses has shaped the British landscape, how horses have captured our wild imaginations, and how this connection has evolved and become part of our nation's ecosystems. WINNER OF THE ELWYN HARTLEY-EDWARDS AWARD FOR EQUINE WRITING, 2023. Tiffany Francis-Baker explores how the relationship between humans and horses has shaped the British landscape and how this connection has become part of our nation's ecosystems. Many of us enjoy walking or riding on bridleways. These ancient networks crisscross the British countryside, but we rarely pause to ponder how they came to be. Tiffany Francis-Baker tells the intriguing history of Britain's bridleways, revealing how our relationship with horses is deeply woven into the fabric of British culture, from street and pub names to trading routes and coaching inns. She meets the closest living descendants of wild horses and investigates our evolving relationship with horses, exploring equestrian sports, horse fairs, horseback travellers and adventurers, and how humans and horses have worked together for millennia. Part-domesticated and part-fiercely independent, horses have long captured our imaginations, and in The Bridleway, Francis-Baker reveals how deeply rooted they have been in our culture for thousands of years and how they can help us understand the natural world and our place within it.
Main title:
The bridleway : how horses shaped the British landscape / Tiffany Francis-Baker.
Author:
Francis-Baker, Tiffany, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2023.
Collation:
272 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Chapter One: The WarrenChapter Two: Chalk and BoneChapter Three: The MuseChapter Four: Bread and CircusesChapter Five: The HighwaymanChapter Six: EquestrienneChapter Seven: The FairChapter Eight: Beasts of BurdenChapter Nine: MoorstoneChapter Ten: WarChapter Eleven: The HerdChapter Twelve: The Go-BetweenAcknowledgementsFurther ReadingReferencesIndex
ISBN:
9781399403184 (hbk)9781399403207 (ePub ebook)9781399403191 (PDF ebook)
Dewey class:
636.100941636.1009
LC class:
SF284
Language:
English
Subject:
Horses -- Great Britain -- HistoryHuman-animal relationships -- Great Britain -- HistoryTrails -- Great Britain -- HistoryHorsemanship -- Great Britain -- HistoryFarming and Country LifeDomestic animals & petsHuman geographyHorses & ponies: general interestAnimals & societyTravel & holiday guidesUnited Kingdom, Great BritainTravel writingEuropean historyEquestrian & animal sports
BRN:
622443