[Steppes] Fw: Now Reduced: The Horse in the Middle Ages

[Richard Culver]

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 Thought some of the equestrians might be interested.

Cyniric

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Subject: Now Reduced: The Horse in the Middle Ages

The Horse in the Middle Ages
 by Ann Hyland

Sutton Publishing1999

was £20.00 now only £9.45

180pp with lots of b/w pls & numerous line-figs, cloth with DJ,

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Publication summary

The horse was as important a part of the history of the Middle Ages as were the monarchs, noblemen and ordinary people for whom it was indispensable.  For the transport of people, mail and goods, agriculture and sport, the horse was absolutely central to medieval life, enabling a host of daily activities as well as sustaining a vast support industry of grooms, farriers, lorimers, smiths, wheelwrights and cordwainers.  Without the flexibility, the speed and the power of the horse the medieval world would have been very different.  From the humble carthorse and pony to the tournament champion and hunter, the horse was used extensively, and relied upon by all classes of society.  Ann Hyland discusses the working horse, the warhorse, horse breeding and trading and the whole infrastructure which kept the medieval equine world running.  She concentrates on the horse in England, but the study is firmly grounded in a worldwide perspective, with much reference being made to the east, where medieval and modern horsecraft has its origins.  The author is a leading expert on equestrianism and writes with her customary detailed knowledge and understanding.  This is an essential books for medievalists, and the revelations of the varied world of medeival equestrainism will be of great interest to the general reader.


Michael de Bootman

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