El caballo: de arma de guerra a símbolo social
This article offers a comprehensive overview of the research carried out around the various roles assigned to war horses in the Middle Ages, bringing into focus the latest methodologi- cal and bibliographical contributions to the field. Taking as a starting point the centrality of the horse to milit...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) |
| Repositorio: | RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riull.ull.es:915/32750 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/32750 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | caballo caballería nobleza guerra medieval armamento símbolo social |
| Sumario: | This article offers a comprehensive overview of the research carried out around the various roles assigned to war horses in the Middle Ages, bringing into focus the latest methodologi- cal and bibliographical contributions to the field. Taking as a starting point the centrality of the horse to military practice as a warfare tool, a line of research has focused on the high cost of its breeding, maintenance and equipment as determining factors linking it to a soci- oeconomic elite. However, this was not always the case: only the confluence of a long series of technical, sociological and ideological changes made it possible for the warlike weapon to become as well a symbol of hierarchy and social pre-eminence. The presentation of the main views and lines of research on these issues is the main object of this work. |
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