Author: Augusto AzzaroliPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004072336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
An Early History of Horsemanship
Author: Augusto AzzaroliPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004072336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
An Early History of Horsemanship
Author: Augusto AzzaroliPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004663444
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The History and Art of Horsemanship
Author: Richard BerengerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horsemanship
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
History and Art of Horsemanship
Author: Richard BerengerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780243671748
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The History and Art of Horsemanship
Author: Richard BerengerRiding to Arms
Author: Charles CaramelloPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318231X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Horses and horsemen played central roles in modern European warfare from the Renaissance to the Great War of 1914-1918, not only determining victory in battle, but also affecting the rise and fall of kingdoms and nations. When Shakespeare's Richard III cried, "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" he attested to the importance of the warhorse in history and embedded the image of the warhorse in the cultural memory of the West. In Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare, Charles Caramello examines the evolution of horsemanship—the training of horses and riders—and its relationship to the evolution of mounted warfare over four centuries. He explains how theories of horsemanship, navigating between art and utility, eventually settled on formal manège equitation merged with outdoor hunting equitation as the ideal combination for modern cavalry. He also addresses how the evolution of firepower and the advent of mechanized warfare eventually led to the end of horse cavalry. Riding to Arms tracks the history of horsemanship and cavalry through scores of primary texts ranging from Federico Grisone's Rules of Riding (1550) to Lt.-Colonel E.G. French's Good-Bye to Boot and Saddle (1951). It offers not only a history of horsemen, horse soldiers, and horses, but also a survey of the seminal texts that shaped that history.
The Age of the Horse
Author: Susanna ForrestPublisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802189512
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
A “superb” account of the enduring connection between humans and horses—“Full of the sort of details that get edited out of more traditional histories” (The Economist). Fifty-six million years ago, the earliest equid walked the earth—and beginning with the first-known horse-keepers of the Copper Age, the horse has played an integral part in human history. It has sustained us as a source of food, an industrial and agricultural machine, a comrade in arms, a symbol of wealth, power, and the wild. Combining fascinating anthropological detail and incisive personal anecdote, equestrian expert Susanna Forrest draws from an immense range of archival documents as well as literature and art to illustrate how our evolution has coincided with that of horses. In paintings and poems (such as Byron’s famous “Mazeppa”), in theater and classical music (including works by Liszt and Tchaikovsky), representations of the horse have changed over centuries, portraying the crucial impact that we’ve had on each other. Forrest combines this history with her own experience in the field, and travels the world to offer a comprehensive look at the horse in our lives today: from Mongolia where she observes the endangered takhi, to a show-horse performance at the Palace of Versailles; from a polo club in Beijing to Arlington, Virginia, where veterans with PTSD are rehabilitated through interaction with horses. “For the horse-addicted, a book can get no better than this . . . original, cerebral and from the heart.” —The Times (London)
A History of Horsemanship
Author: Charles Chenevix TrenchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horsemanship
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Rise of the Centaurs
Author: Bjarke RinkPublisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491821191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Thousands of years ago, on the central asian steppes, an amazing symbiosis ocurred between horse and man. This blending of two extremely "dissimilar" species would have far-reaching consequences for World History. But what drew men and horses to join forces? Who were the first people to approach horses? For what reason? Who had the improbable idea of mounting a horse and guiding it from a position on its back? And what environmental pressure made this imperative to do so? In this adventure we'll witnes the origins of horsemanship and how horses empowered humans. Riding with the Cimmerians and the Scythians, we will discover how horsemanship upset the power balances of natons. History as told from horseback will give you new insights about the past and a special appreciation for the role of the horse in molding today's world
Author: Basil Tozer