The Horse in Premodern European Culture

Author:   Anastasija Ropa ,  Timothy Dawson
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Edition:   New edition
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9781501518188


Pages:   265
Publication Date:   20 January 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Anastasija Ropa ,  Timothy Dawson
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781501518188


ISBN 10:   1501518186
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   20 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction by Anastasija Ropa I. Working Horses and Their Equipment Equestrian Cities: Use of Riding Horses and Characteristics of Horse Husbandry in Late Medieval Urban Agglomerations by Fabienne Meiers Working Horses in the Northern European Countryside between the Thirteenth and the Sixteenth Centuries: What Advantage for a Farm? by Floriana Bardoneschi Baggage Animals - The Neglected Equines: An Introductory Survey of Their Varieties, Uses, and Equipping by Timothy Dawson Medieval Horse Harness - The Evidence of the Images by Gail Brownrigg II. Warhorses Mounted Combat in Transition: The Transformation of the Eleventh Century by Jürg Gassmann Use of the Crossbow in Medieval Cavalry by Jack Gassmann III. Performing Horses Reading Horses and Writing Chivalry by Karen Campbell How to Ride before a Prince: The Art of Riding as a Performance Art by Jennifer Jobst IV. Caring for Horses How to Make a White Mark on a Black Horse: Middle English Hippiatric Medicine, Common Diseases, and Their Remedies by Elina H. Cotterill Bread for my Horses by Katrin Boniface V. Material Cultures of Riding Curbing Horsepower: The Archaeology of Curb Bits in Medieval England--and Elsewhere by John Clark An Autopsy of Renaissance Equestrianism: The Materials, Making, and Use of a ca. 1535 War Saddle from the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Rennes by Marina Viallon VI. The Represented Horse: Law, Administration, and Literature The Horse in Welsh and Anglo-Saxon Law by Edgars Rops Price and Value of the Horse in Late Medieval England by Anastasija Ropa The (Galloway) Horse and His Boy: Le Roman des Aventures de Fregus and ""The Best Breed in the North""? by Miriam Bibby Index of Personal Name Index of Place General Index"

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Anastasija Ropa is a guest lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Sport Education and affiliated researcher at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia. She has presented at international conferences and published on human and animal relations in medieval literature and illumination. Timothy Dawson is an independent scholar based at Leeds. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of New England on the dress and regalia in medieval Byzantium. He has published on martial culture and its materiality in Europe and Byzantium.

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