"The noblest act of vertue" : horsemanship and honour in seventeenth-century England

The competent use of horses was essential to the seventeenth century English gentleman; however, scholarly analysis of human-horse interactions for this time period has been relatively slim. While historians of honour and masculinity have examined various aspects of gentlemanly honour, such as polit...

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Main Author: Mattfeld, Monica
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31987