The Culture of the Horse: Status, Discipline, and Identity in the Early Modern World

by Karen L. Raber (Editor), T. Tucker (Editor)

This volume fills an important gap in the analysis of early modern history and culture by reintroducing scholars to the significance of the horse. A more complete understanding of the role of horses and horsemanship is absolutely crucial to our understanding of the early modern world. Each essay in the collection provides a snapshot of how horse culture and the broader culture - that tapestry of images, objects, structures, sounds, gestures, texts, and ideas - articulate. Without knowledge of how the horse figured in all these aspects, no version of political, material, or intellectual culture in the period can be entirely accurate.

Genres: History, European History

388 pages, Hardcover

First published March 2, 2005

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[AskHistorians]

A collection of chapters discussing a variety of topics, such as horses as a cultural and literary metaphor, the changes in the theory of horse training and riding, development of studbooks and breeds, international trade of horses, and, in one very specific chapter, the significance of catalogues of bits.