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Medievalista
On-line version ISSN 1646-740X
Abstract
SOUSA, Afonso Soares de. The Horse in the Portuguese Middle Ages. Medievalista [online]. 2022, n.32, pp.171-216. Epub Dec 31, 2022. ISSN 1646-740X. https://doi.org/10.4000/medievalista.5658.
The present article is a contribution to the study of the horse in the Middle Ages, in a period that extends between the X-XIII centuries. Geographically, this analysis comprises a space in profound transformations that is Portugal, during the process that took it from county to kingdom. The horse is treated here from a social, political, economic and daily perspective, considering its creation, its market value and symbolic value. It also addresses the political instrumentalization of this animal by the Portuguese monarchs.
Keywords : Equid; horse; Middle Ages; Portugal.