The horsemanship manuals of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
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Peter Maddison-Greenwell,
Director of El Caballo de Espaa
' ...a real contribution to knowledge...'
Boudewijn Commandeur,
The Netherlands Institute for Art History.
'Walker's relaxed style makes the importance of this seminal work on horsemanship accessible to a wide readership for the first time.'
Professor Peter Edwards,
University of Roehampton.
Elaine Walker is a writer and consultant on the horse in cultural history. Her books include Horse (Reaktion), which was chosen for translation into Arabic by the Kalima Project. "To Amaze the People with Pleasure and Delight": The Horsemanship Manuals of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, (Xenophon) began life as her PhD thesis and she has given several presentations on Newcastle's method in his riding house at Bolsover Castle. She has worked on projects for the Royal Historic Palaces Commission, the Royal Armouries, English Heritage, and Royal Mail, among others. She is currently working on a new book on the horses of the inland waterways, "In Search of the Boat Horse", forthcoming in 2020.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 'Also he recreates himself with his pen': Newcastle as writer. 25
Chapter 3 'Of the several Authors that have Written of Horsemanship':
Newcastle's manuals in the European context. 48
Chapter 4 'The Epitome of Horsemanship': Newcastle's Method 'Anatomized'. 69
Chapter 5 'Aprs l'homme le cheval est le plus noble animal':
Newcastle and the horse's mind. 91
Chapter 6 'A strange conceit of a Great Master': Newcastle's plates as virtual reality. 106
Chapter 7 Conclusion. 158
Appendix: Prefatory material and verses from La Methode Nouvelle (1658). 170
Bibliography 187