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THE BOOK OF HORSEMANSHIP BY DUARTE I OF PORTUGA...

Written around 1430  Duarte of Portugal's remarkable treatise on chivalric horsemanship  the
Livro do Cavalgar (Book on Riding)  is not only the sole substantial contemporary source on the
definitive physical skill of the medieval knight  it is a remarkably intelligent and innovative
work that still has much to offer to modern practitioners of physical arts. The book stands out
from the body of technical writings that survive from the Middle Ages for its intelligence 
insight  and intellectual versatility  ranging from psychological reflections on horsemanship
and its implications for human ethics  to the details of how to couch a lance under your arm
without getting it caught on your armor. Under the general rubric of horsemanship Duarte covers
a range of topics that include jousting  tourneying  and hunting  as well as the physical
apparatus of equestrianism and various cultural styles of riding. However  despite its
importance for scholarship  its language and technical content have so far resisted proper
translation  a need which this book fills. The introduction provides not only the background to
make Duarte's textcomprehensible  but for the first time offers modern audiences a systematic
point of access to the subject of medieval equestrianism in general. Jeffrey L. Forgeng is
curator of Arms and Armor and Medieval Art at the Worcester Art Museum  and teaches as Adjunct
Professor of History at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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