Book contents
- Feral Empire
- Feral Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Equine Imprint in Iberian History, Tenth to Fifteenth Centuries
- 2 A Politics of Horses
- 3 The Paradox of Abundance and Illusion of Control
- 4 Indigenous Equestrianism
- 5 Ferality and Breed in “New World” Horses
- 6 Defining Casta and Raza
- Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Introduction
Horse and Human in the Early Modern World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 May 2024
- Feral Empire
- Feral Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Equine Imprint in Iberian History, Tenth to Fifteenth Centuries
- 2 A Politics of Horses
- 3 The Paradox of Abundance and Illusion of Control
- 4 Indigenous Equestrianism
- 5 Ferality and Breed in “New World” Horses
- 6 Defining Casta and Raza
- Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
The introduction provides an overview of current theoretical concepts in animal and environmental studies for examining historical equine-human relations and previews the book chapters. The author argues that the embodied experiences of historical horses created real-world entanglements with the political and social structures that aimed to define or control them. This animal imprint, made visible in governance structures, was one way that animals participated in early modern social relations and imperial ecologies, and also gave rise to numerous possibilities for feral or counter-intentional responses within an expanding early modern empire.
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- Feral EmpireHorse and Human in the Early Modern Iberian World, pp. 1 - 13Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024