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Horsemanship --- Horses in literature --- Horses --- History

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Saying that horses shaped the medieval world – and the way we see it today – is hardly an exaggeration. Why else do we imagine a medieval knight – or a nomadic warrior – on horseback? Why do we use such metaphors as “unbridled” or “bearing a yoke” in our daily language? Studies of medieval horses and horsemanship are increasingly popular, but they often focus on a single aspect of equestrianism or a single culture. In this book, you will find information about both elite and humble working equines, about the ideology and practicalities of medieval horsemanship across different countries, from Iceland to China. Contributors are Gloria Allaire, Luise Borek, Gail Brownrigg, Agnès Carayon, Gavina Cherchi, John C. Ford, Loïs Forster, Jürg Gassmann, Rebecca Henderson, Anna-Lena Lange, Romain Lefebvre, Rena Maguire, Ana Maria S. A. Rodrigues, and Alexia-Foteini Stamouli.

Civilization, Medieval --- Social history --- Middle Ages --- Horses in literature. --- Horsemanship in literature. --- Civilization, Medieval.

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"Equine Medicine and Popular Romance in Late Medieval England explores a seldom-studied trove of English veterinary manuals, illuminating how the daily care of horses they describe reshapes our understanding of equine representation in the popular romance of late medieval England. A saint removes a horse's leg the more easily to shoe him; a wild horse transforms spur wounds into the self-healing practice of bleeding; a messenger calculates time through his horse's body. Such are the rich and conflicted visions of horse/human connection in the period. Exploring this imagined relation, Francine McGregor reveals a cultural undercurrent in which medieval England is so reliant on equine bodies that human anxieties, desires, and very orientation in daily life are often figured through them. This book illuminates the complex and contradictory yearnings shaping medieval perceptions of the horse, the self, and the identities born of their affinity"--

Horses --- Horses in literature. --- Human-animal relationships --- History --- England --- Social life and customs

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In modern Western society horses appear as unexpected visitors: not quite exotic, but not familiar either. This estrangement between humans and horses is a recent one since, until the 1930's, horses were fully present in the everyday world. Indeed, as well as performing utilitarian functions, horses possessed iconic appeal. But, despite the importance of horses, scholars have paid little attention to their lives, roles and meanings. This volume helps to redress the balance. It considers the value that the influential elite placed on horses as essential accompaniments to their way of life and as status symbols, as well as the role that horses played in society as a whole and the people who used and cared for them. Contributors include Greg Bankoff, Pia F. Cuneo, Louise Hill Curth, Amanda Eisemann, Jennifer Flaherty, Ian F. MacInnes, Richard Nash, Gavin Robinson, Elizabeth Anne Socolow, Sandra Swart, Elizabeth M. Tobey, Andrea Tonni, and Elaine Walker.

Horses --- Horses in literature. --- NATURE / Animals / Horses. --- PETS / Horses / General. --- Equus caballus --- Farriery --- Hippology --- Horse --- Domestic animals --- Equus --- Livestock --- Pachyderms --- Hinnies --- Mules --- History. --- Social aspects

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Caractériser la place du cheval dans le paganisme des Germains, puis mesurer l'évolution des croyances relatives à cet animal dans l'Occident chrétien et dans les traditions allemandes, tel est le propos de cette étude. Le cheval se distingue des autres animaux dans le paganisme germanique : double de l'homme, mais aussi personnification des puissances, il constitue un lien entre l eurs deux mondes, ce qui le définit comme animal sacré. L'évolution de ce statut particulier dans l'Occident médiéval puis dansles traditions populaires montre que sur la très longue période, c'est l'association du cheval avec la troisième fonction indo européenne qui domine dans l'espace germanique.

Chevaux dans la littérature --- Horses in literature --- Paarden in de literatuur --- Horses --- Horses in literature. --- Paganism --- Chevaux --- Paganisme --- Folklore --- Mythology --- History. --- Mythologie --- Histoire --- Germanic peoples --- Civilization --- Religion --- Religious aspects --- Chevaux dans la littérature --- Superstition --- Germany --- Europe [Western ] --- Animals and civilization --- Germanic peoples - Civilization --- Germanic peoples - Religion --- Horses - Religious aspects