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Riding as a way to cultivate the soul. Dom Duarte and the remedies against fear
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini In the nature of the horse there is a duplicity that, for better or worse, has a deep impact on the relationship of this animal with man. In the…
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“A la brida” and “a la gineta.” Different riding techniques in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini Defining, in his Book of the Courtier (1528), the ideal features of the Renaissance gentleman, Baldassare Castiglione wrote: “I would hope that our Courtier is a perfect horseman in…
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