The horse as cultural icon : the real and symbolic horse in the early modern world / / edited by Peter Edwards, Karl Enenkel, and Elspeth Graham.

• Superior document: Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture, v. 18
• TeilnehmendeR: Edwards, Peter; Enenkel, K. A. E.; Graham, Elspeth, 1953-
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (426 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction: The Horse as Cultural Icon: The Real and the Symbolic Horse in the Early Modern World /; The Duke of Newcastle’s ‘Love [. . .] For Good Horses’: An Exploration of Meanings /; Visual Aids: Equestrian Iconography and the Training of Horse, Rider and Reader /; Big Men, Small Horses: Ridership, Social Standing and Environmental Adaptation in the Early Modern Philippines /; Letting Loose the Horses: Sir Philip Sidney’s Exordium to The Defence of Poesie /; The Legacy of Federico Grisone /; Altering a Race of Jades: Horse Breeding and Geohumoralism in Shakespeare /; “Beware a Bastard Breed”: Notes Towards a Revisionist History of the Thoroughbred Racehorse /; ‘The Most Excellent of Animal Creatures’: Health Care for Horses in Early Modern England /; “Dark Horses”: The Horse in Africa in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries /; The Renaissance Studs of the Gonzagas of Mantua /; Image and Reality: Upper Class Perceptions of the Horse in Early Modern England /; ‘Know Us by Our Horses’: Equine Imagery in Shakespeare’s Henriad /; ‘The Author of their Skill’: Human and Equine Understanding in the Duke of Newcastle’s ‘New Method’ /; The Military Value of Horses and the Social Value of the Horse in Early Modern England /; Forging Iron and Masculinity: Farrier Trade Identities in Early Modern Germany /; Index Nominum.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283310821; 9786613310828; 9004222421
• ISSN: 1568-1811
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Peter Edwards, Karl Enenkel, and Elspeth Graham.

In modern Western society horses appear as unexpected visitors: not quite exotic, but not familiar either. This estrangement between humans and horses is a recent one since, until the 1930's, horses were fully present in the everyday world. Indeed, as well as performing utilitarian functions, horses possessed iconic appeal. But, despite the importance of horses, scholars have paid little attention to their lives, roles and meanings. This volume helps to redress the balance. It considers the value that the influential elite placed on horses as essential accompaniments to their way of life and as status symbols, as well as the role that horses played in society as a whole and the people who used and cared for them. Contributors include Greg Bankoff, Pia F. Cuneo, Louise Hill Curth, Amanda Eisemann, Jennifer Flaherty, Ian F. MacInnes, Richard Nash, Gavin Robinson, Elizabeth Anne Socolow, Sandra Swart, Elizabeth M. Tobey, Andrea Tonni, and Elaine Walker.