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

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 grasp of the role of horses and horsemanship is absolutely crucial to our understanding of the early modern world. Each chapter in this collection provides a snapshot of how that tapestry of images, objects, structures, sounds, gestures, texts, and ideas articulate the pervasiveness of the horse in all aspects of early modern culture.

Karen Raber is Associate Professor of English at the University of Mississippi. Treva J. Tucker is a doctoral candidate in History at the University of Southern California.