{"product_id":"the-culture-of-the-horse-status-discipline-and-identity-in-the-early-modern-world-early-modern-cultural-studies-series-9781403966216","title":"The Culture of the Horse Status Discipline and Identity in the Early Modern World Early Modern Cultural Studies Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume fills an important gap in the analysis of early modern history and culture by reintroducing scholars to the significance of the horse. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction PART I: POWER AND STATUS Cultural Convergence: The Equine Connection between Muscovy and Europe; A.Kleimola The Palio Horse in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy; E.Tobey Shakespeare and the Social Devaluation of the Horse; B.Boehrer \"Faith, Say a Man Should Steal Ye-And Feed Ye Fatter\": Equine Hunger and Theft in Woodstock; K.de Ornellas PART II: DISCIPLINE AND CONTROL Just a Bit of Control: The Historical Significance of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth- Century German Bit Books; P.Cuneo Man and Horse in Harmony; E.Le Guin From Gens d'armes to Gentilshommes: Dressage, Civilité, and Ballet à Cheval; K.van Orden PART III: IDENTITY AND SELF-DEFINITION A Horse of a Different Color: Nation and Race in Early Modern Horsemanship Treatises; K.Raber Honest English Breed:\" The Thoroughbred as Cultural Metaphor; R.Nash Early Modern French Noble Identity and the Equestrian \"Airs Above the Ground\"; T.J.Tucker \"Horses! Give me More Horses!\": White Settler Identity, Horses and the Making of Early Modern South Africa, 1655-1700; S.Swart Learning to Ride in Early Modern Britain, or, The Making of the English Hunting Seat; D.Landry","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan Us","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769309692247,"sku":"9781403966216","price":104.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781403966216.jpg?v=1758720571","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-culture-of-the-horse-status-discipline-and-identity-in-the-early-modern-world-early-modern-cultural-studies-series-9781403966216","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}