IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 817: Horse History, IV: The Horse in Law and Chronicle
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
Organisers: | Gwendolyne Knight, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet Anastasija Ropa, Department of Management & Communication Science, Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Riga |
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Moderator/Chair: | Jürg Gassmann, Independent Scholar, Bulgan |
Paper 817-a | Laws for Racing Enthusiasts: Horses in Early Irish Legal Tradition (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Law, Social History |
Paper 817-b | Alexander's Arabian: Noble Steed or Fantastic Beast? (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Social History |
Paper 817-c | Horses and Tournaments: Legislation during the 13th Century (Language: Français) Index terms: Canon Law, Law |
Abstract | This is one of a series of sessions on the medieval horse. The session concentrates on the horse as an object and agent in legal and administrative documents, as well as chronicles, produced in Europe throughout the medieval period. References to the use of horses in military context, entertainment and leisure activities, as well as part of political protocol show that the horse was an animal of crucial importance in medieval society. Its agency was symbolic as well as practical, and this characteristic is reflected in contemporary literary sources, laws, charters, chronicles, and beyond. |