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Book The Royal Office of Master of the Horse

Download or read book The Royal Office of Master of the Horse written by Max Meredith Reese and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Modern England

Download or read book Horses and the Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Modern England written by Peter Edwards and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2018 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a study of horses, the book reveals how an important and growing aristocratic estate was managed, where the aristocrat at the centre of it - William Cavendish - travelled and how he spent his time, and how horses were oneof the means by which he asserted his social status.

Book The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics

Download or read book The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics written by Paul E. J. Hammer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-24 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revisionist 1999 account of the career of Elizabeth I's 'favourite', the 2nd Earl of Essex.

Book Journal of Medieval Military History  Volume XXII

Download or read book Journal of Medieval Military History Volume XXII written by Kelly Devries and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare The articles in volume 22 of the Journal of Medieval Military History range widely, not only in chronology but also in geography and approach. Sven Ekdahl looks at the big picture of the role of Swedish castles in the north; L. J. Andrew Villalon focuses on the very particular and culturally significant rewards given by the Catholic Kings to two noble families to celebrate minor victories on the borders of Granada in the far south. Subjects include fighting at the tactical level (the unexpectedly substantial tradition of mounted archery in England, the Low Countries and France, revealed by Sanders Goevarts), the operational level (Emperor Louis II's logistics in Italy, treated by Elijah T. Wallace), and the strategic level (King John's employment of naval power, analyzed by Adam M. McNeil). Vladimir Aleksic and Damnjan Prlinčevic consider military, political, geographical, demographic, and economic factors to contextualize the military history of the rich mining town of Novo Brdo in Serbia as it faced the rising tide of Ottoman conquest in the last century of the Middle Ages. Three contributions draw on the rich resources of the English royal archives to illuminate the material and technological tools of medieval warfare: individual weapons (most significantly both longbows and short bows) described with exceptional detail in a murder case of 1315 (Clifford J. Rogers); the horses of Henry V in the Agincourt campaign of 1415 (Gary P. Baker); and the military equipment stored at Dover Castle as described in inventories dating from 1320 to 1437 (Dan Spencer).

Book The Horse as Cultural Icon

Download or read book The Horse as Cultural Icon written by Peter Edwards and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 1930s, 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.

Book Report s  of the Royal Commission on Public Records Appointed to Inquire Into and Report on the State of the Public Records and Local Records of a Public Nature of England and Wales

Download or read book Report s of the Royal Commission on Public Records Appointed to Inquire Into and Report on the State of the Public Records and Local Records of a Public Nature of England and Wales written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Public Records and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Progresses  Pageants  and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth I

Download or read book The Progresses Pageants and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth I written by Jayne Elisabeth Archer and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reign of Elizabeth I was a Golden Age of English culture. Part of Elizabeth's policy of 'popular monarchy' took the form of tours throughout southern England and the Midlands. In return, her hosts staged theatrical performances, pageants, and entertainments. These essays explore the Elizabethan progresses from a range of perspectives.

Book Redefining William III

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Onnekink
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2016-04-08
  • ISBN : 1317069870
  • Pages : 390 pages

Download or read book Redefining William III written by David Onnekink and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William III (1650-1702) was Stadholder in the United Provinces and King of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign has always intrigued historians, as it encompassed such defining events as the Dutch year of Disaster (1672), the Glorious Revolution (1688) and the ensuing wars against France. Although William has played a pivotal role in the political and religious history of his countries, the significance and international impact of his reign is still not very well understood. This volume contains a number of innovative essays from specialists in the field, which have evolved from papers delivered to an international conference held at the University of Utrecht in December 2002. By focusing on the entire period 1650-1702 from an international perspective, the volume moves historical discussion away from the traditional analysis of single events to encompass William's entire reign from a variety of political, religious, intellectual and cultural positions. In so doing it offers a new perspective on the British and Dutch reigns of William III, as well as the wider European milieu.

Book Authority  Authorship and Aristocratic Identity in Seventeenth Century England

Download or read book Authority Authorship and Aristocratic Identity in Seventeenth Century England written by Peter Edwards and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aristocratic Cavendishes were major figures in the key political and cultural events of seventeenth century England. Because of the intersection of domestic issues with related European ones, their lives are equally bound up with continental European courts and cultures.

Book The Byerley Turk

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeremy James
  • Publisher : Stackpole Books
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780811701556
  • Pages : 992 pages

Download or read book The Byerley Turk written by Jeremy James and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the three horses that were the ancestors of the modern thoroughbred, the first and greatest was undoubtedly the Byerley Turk. This book gives an account of the life of this breed, extending from the palaces of the Ottoman Empire to the streets of London and beyond, and featuring a cast of historical figures. It begins in 1679 in a remote Balkan village, where a seyis - a penniless groom - finds himself caring for a remarkable young foal. Believing it destined for greatness, and seeing a chance to escape his own humble circumstances, he begins schooling the animal in the disciplines of war. Hewing closely to the historical record, the author goes on to trace the fortunes of the Turk and its new master: In 1682, they arrived in Istanbul, where the horse was selected for the Ottoman Empire's renowned cavalry. Ridden as a battle charger in the Turkish sieges on Vienna and Buda, it was captured, along with its groom, by a party of adventuring British aristocrats and taken back to England in 1686. In London, it was bought by Captain Robert Byerley, who rode the Turk to Ireland to take on the Jacobite forces in several pivotal encounters, including the Battle of the Boyne. Eventually, the Turk was put to stud, initiating what was to become its greatest legacy: first foundation sire of the thoroughbred line.--Publisher's description.

Book The New International Encyclopaedia

Download or read book The New International Encyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New International Encyclop  dia

Download or read book The New International Encyclop dia written by Frank Moore Colby and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New International Encyclop  dia

Download or read book The New International Encyclop dia written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New International Encyclopedia

Download or read book New International Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The International Cyclopaedia

Download or read book The International Cyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Library of Universal Knowledge

Download or read book Library of Universal Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The International Cyclopedia

Download or read book The International Cyclopedia written by Harry Thurston Peck and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: