MEDIEVAL WORLD: Volume 17: Horses in the Middle Ages

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Theme: Horses in the Middle Ages
* From coursers to hackneys: Medieval horses and the people who rode them
* The horse in Byzantium: Adaptations for daily life and battle
* Fighting on horseback: Cavalry organisation, training, and tactics
* The mirror of man: The horse and rider metaphor
* The right way to ride: Dom Duarte on horsemanship
* Jingling monks and sidesaddle nuns: Ecclesiastical horses on the road

Features:
* Freyja's final resting place: Secrets of a Viking-age burial
* Chivalry and violence: Worshipping at the altar of prowess
* Clovis' baptism: eldest daughter of the church
* Shopping in the Middle Ages: Markets, sellers, and fraud
* Sacred poetry and secular politics: Dante's contested legacy
* Book review: Forgotten Vikings - New Approaches to the Viking Age
* Book review: The Green Ages - Medieval Innovations and Sustainability