Talk:Droving

Drovers and the Hundred years' War
I am doubtful about the section on Britain, where it is said that:

"Henry V brought about a lasting boom in droving in the early fifteenth century when he ordered as many cattle as possible be sent to the Cinque Ports to provision his armies in France".

The source for this is this book by Verite Ryily Collins, 999 and other working dogs. Collins describes herself as "a journalist writing about everything from Skincare to Dogs". I have not been able to access the book referenced. However I have recently finished reading Jonathan Sumption's five-volume history of the Hundred Years' War, and I find that volume IV, dealing with Henry V, makes no mention of this. It was usual for cattle and other food to be supplied from the countryside in France, either by purchase or by looting. It was also more common for the English ships to sail from the Solent - Portsmouth/Southampton - which are not towns of the Cinque Ports. Thomas Peardew (talk) 08:36, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Merge
It has been suggested to merge Cattle drive into Droving. Discuss. ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 07:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)


 * In the US context, of which cattle driving originated, no one would understand the terminology "droving"
 * Maybe you take the sections on Europe and Australia and add them to the Droving article, and instead make Cattle drive direct to Cattle drives in the United States. From that page you could add "for driving cattle in other locations, see "droving" and link to it.  Nayyn (talk) 02:49, 28 June 2024 (UTC)