Hunters and Poachers : A Social and Cultural History of Unlawful Hunting in England 1485-1640 Hardback
by Roger B. (Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies in History, Professor of Hi Manning
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This is a scholarly study of hunting and poaching, both of which played significant roles in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Deer-hunting was an integral part of aristocratic and gentry culture.
It afforded not only recreation, but also served as a symbolic substitute for war and revellion.
It provided the occasion for adolescent rites of passage, displays of power and feats of daring, the pursuit of aristocratic feuds and competition for forest and game offices.
The distinction between lawful and unlawful hunting remained unclear, for the Game Laws were obscure and difficult to enforce, and tumultuous hunting was frequently a reaction to changes in land use and conflicting use-rights. Professor Manning's meticulously researched study explores symbolic and covert forms of protest, and adds much to our knowledge of the interaction between aristocratic and popular culture in early modern England.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:280 pages, 8 pp plates, 2 maps
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/08/1993
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- ISBN:9780198203247
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:280 pages, 8 pp plates, 2 maps
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/08/1993
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198203247
