Horse Trade of Tudor Stuart England - Softcover

Edwards, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521520088 ISBN 13: 9780521520089

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

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In Tudor and Stuart England, an ever-growing demand for horses was met by specialist dealers, who were often accused of profiteering. Dr Edwards argues that, far from being generally unscrupulous, the dealers were no better or worse than those amongst whom they lived and worked.

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Horses played a vital role in the economy of pre-industrial England. They acted as draught animals, pulled ploughs, waggons and coaches, worked machines, and transported goods around the country. As saddle animals they enabled their riders to carry out a wide variety of tasks, and at all levels of society they were regarded as status symbols in a unique relationship with man shared by no other animal. During the Tudor and Stuart period, horses were needed in ever-growing numbers, and for a greater variety of tasks. As demand grew, improvements became necessary in the means of supply and distribution. The agents of change, the specialist dealers, were often condemned as rogues and cheats, whose actions raised prices and caused shortages. Dr Edwards argues that, far from being generally unscrupulous, the dealers were no better or worse than those amongst whom they lived and worked.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521520088
• ISBN 13: 9780521520089
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220