Wild Horses and Their Relatives in the Middle Ages.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ropa, Anastasija.

Series:

Byzantium: a European Empire and Its Legacy Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.

Summary:

In the medieval times, wild horses appear as assets - potentially useful animals to be tamed, - as beasts hunted for consumption or pure fun, as pests and, sometimes, as sources of danger.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Defining the Wild Animal-Why the Modern Distinction Between Wild and Feral Is Inadequate for Studying Medieval Horses and Donkeys

1 Wild Horses in Medieval Literature Bucephalus, Bayard, and Others

2 Wild Horses and Asses in Encyclopedias From Isidore of Seville to the Bestiary Tradition

3 Wild, Feral, and Free-Living Horses in the Everyday Life of Medieval Society

4 "Unwilding" or Taming Wild Horses for Human Use Hippiatric Treatises

Conclusion Legacy of the Medieval Wild Horses and Donkeys

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781978759473