The Great Horse

About this eBook

Author

Gilbey, Walter, Sir, 1831-1914

Title

The Great Horse; or, The War Horse from the time of the Roman Invasion till its development into the Shire Horse.

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Horses -- Great Britain -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57352

Release Date

June 18, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GREAT HORSE
2. 2.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.THE CHARIOT HORSE OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS.
7. 7.THE GREAT HORSE IN THE FIRST CENTURY.
8. 8.FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY TO THE CONQUEST.
9. 9.FROM THE CONQUEST TO THE REIGN OF KING JOHN.
10. 10.THE GREAT HORSE IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
11. 11.FROM THE TIME OF EDWARD III. TO EDWARD IV.
12. 12.THE LAWS OF HENRY VII.
13. 13.THE LAWS OF HENRY VIII.
14. 14.QUEEN ELIZABETH’S TIME.
15. 15.JAMES I.
16. 16.CHARLES I.
17. 17.FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO WILLIAM III.’s TIME.
18. 18.QUEEN ANNE’S REIGN.
19. 19.THE SHIRE HORSE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
20. 20.HOW TO PRESERVE ITS CHARACTER.
21. 21.THE FOREIGN MARKET.
22. 22.THE SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY.

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