Author: George John Whyte-MelvillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The Works of G.J. Whyte-Melville: Riding recollections
Author: George John Whyte-MelvillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The Works of G.J. Whyte-Melville
Author: George John Whyte-MelvillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Works of G.J. Whyte-Melville: Cerise
Author: George John Whyte-MelvillePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Riding Recollections, 5th ed
Author: G. J. Whyte-MelvillePublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
George John Whyte-Melville (1821 - 1878) was a Scottish writer and poet who was also much taken up with field sports. This book about riding and horsemanship has lots of useful information for the experienced and novice rider alike, and has a humorous quality to it.
The Academy
Author: Riding to Arms
Author: Charles CaramelloPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318231X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Horses and horsemen played central roles in modern European warfare from the Renaissance to the Great War of 1914-1918, not only determining victory in battle, but also affecting the rise and fall of kingdoms and nations. When Shakespeare's Richard III cried, "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" he attested to the importance of the warhorse in history and embedded the image of the warhorse in the cultural memory of the West. In Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare, Charles Caramello examines the evolution of horsemanship—the training of horses and riders—and its relationship to the evolution of mounted warfare over four centuries. He explains how theories of horsemanship, navigating between art and utility, eventually settled on formal manège equitation merged with outdoor hunting equitation as the ideal combination for modern cavalry. He also addresses how the evolution of firepower and the advent of mechanized warfare eventually led to the end of horse cavalry. Riding to Arms tracks the history of horsemanship and cavalry through scores of primary texts ranging from Federico Grisone's Rules of Riding (1550) to Lt.-Colonel E.G. French's Good-Bye to Boot and Saddle (1951). It offers not only a history of horsemen, horse soldiers, and horses, but also a survey of the seminal texts that shaped that history.
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