Recherches sur les origines néolithiques (Étude de Géographie préhistorique)

Hunting with Cheetahs at European Courts: From the Origins to the End of a Fashion

“…72 During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the fashion of cheetah hunting spread to many of the princely Italian courts including Este, Sforza, Visconti, and [p. 30] Medici. 73 Italian courts employed specialized cheetah handlers, the pardieri. For example, in the last quarter of the fifteenth century, at Ercole d'Este's Ferrara court, the cheetah master, Battista da Battaino, had two assistants.…”