Overview
The historical horse is at once material and abstract, as is the notion of the border. Borders and frontiers are not only markers delineating geographical spaces but also mental constructs: there are borders between order and disorder, between what is permitted and what is prohibited. Boundaries and liminal spaces also exist in the material, economic, political, moral, legal and religious spheres. In this volume, the contributing authors explore the theme of the liminality of the horse in all of these historical arenas, asking how one reconciles the very different roles played by the horse in human history.
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Author: Rena Maguire , Anastasija Ropa
Publisher: Trivent Publishing
Imprint: Trivent Medieval
Weight: 0.151kg
ISBN: 9786158182171
ISBN 10: 6158182176
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 30 July 2022
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Foreword, by Elizabeth O'Brien Introduction: The Horse as a Liminal Being, Rena Maguire and Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 1. Horse Training in the Thirteenth Century: Insights from Jordanus Rufus, Jennifer Jobst CHAPTER 2. Crossing Borders in Equestrian Training: Applying Jordanus Rufus's Advice on Training Young Horses Today, Anastasija Ropa CHAPTER 3. Housing Horses on the Edge in Later Medieval England, by Duncan L. Berryman CHAPTER 4. Roman Horses, Enemy Horses and Riders: The Testimony of Historia Romana by Nikephoros Gregoras, by Alexia-Foteini Stamouli CHAPTER 5. Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Study of Horse Type Terms in English, French and Spanish, by Cristina Oliveros Calvo CHAPTER 6. Harnessing Horse Power: Then and Now, by Terry Davis CHAPTER 7. Bridles and Bones: Early Cavalry in Southern Scandinavia, by Xenia Pauli Jensen and Jacob Kveiborg CHAPTER 8. Livin' on the Edge: Roman Influences on the Equestrian Equipment of Late Iron Age Ireland, by Rena Maguire CHAPTER 9. Dimisso equo: Horse-Riding Elites on the Frontiers of Rome, by M. C. Bishop CHAPTER 10. Mist on the Border: Emperor Severus and the Netherby Arabians that Never Were, by Miriam A. Bibby Notes on Contributors
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"Reviewed by the Times Literary Supplement ""The ten essays in The Liminal Horse recover some of the forgotten aspects of equine material culture. This varied and wide-ranging collection encompasses Bronze Age horse domestication in southern Scandinavia, horsemanship in the Roman empire, late Iron Age Irish bit design and the first English translation of a section of a thirteenth-century training manual."""
Reviewed by the Times Literary Supplement The ten essays in The Liminal Horse recover some of the forgotten aspects of equine material culture. This varied and wide-ranging collection encompasses Bronze Age horse domestication in southern Scandinavia, horsemanship in the Roman empire, late Iron Age Irish bit design and the first English translation of a section of a thirteenth-century training manual.
Author Information
Rena Maguire is an Irish archaeologist specialising in ancient lorinery and equine material culture. She is a graduate and Research Fellow of Queen's University Belfast. Anastasija Ropa holds a doctoral degree from Bangor University (North Wales) and is currently a senior researcher at the Latvian Academy of Sport Education. Her most recent research explores medieval equestrianism in English and French literary sources.
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