{"product_id":"noble-brutes-how-eastern-horses-transformed-english-culture-hardcover","title":"Noble Brutes: How Eastern Horses Transformed English Culture - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonna Landry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His lordship's Arabian,\" a phrase often heard in eighteenth-century England, described a new kind of horse imported into the British Isles from the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States of North Africa. \u003ci\u003eNoble Brutes\u003c\/i\u003e traces how the introduction of these Eastern blood horses transformed early modern culture and revolutionized England's racing and equestrian tradition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than two hundred Oriental horses were imported into the British Isles between 1650 and 1750. With the horses came Eastern ideas about horsemanship and the relationship between horses and humans. Landry's groundbreaking archival research reveals how these Eastern imports profoundly influenced riding and racing styles, as well as literature and sporting art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter only a generation of crossbreeding on British soil, the English Thoroughbred was born, and with it the gentlemanly ideal of free forward movement over a country as an enactment of English liberties. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis radical reinterpretation of Ottoman and Arab influences on horsemanship and breeding sheds new light on English national identity, as illustrated in such classic works as Jonathan Swift's \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e and George Stubbs's portrait of \u003ci\u003eWhistlejacket\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna Landry\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at the University of Kent and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of the Countryside: Hunting, Walking, and Ecology in English Literature, 1671-1831\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Muses of Resistance: Laboring-Class Women's Poetry in Britain, 1739-1796\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.8 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749672386848,"sku":"9780801890284","price":99.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c226328753e7b6afeb7e3c50a8b1e4ae.webp?v=1779935983","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/noble-brutes-how-eastern-horses-transformed-english-culture-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}