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A riding academy in Sicily during the Renaissance: the Congregazione dei Cavalieri d’Armi

di Giovanni Battista Tomassini At dawn on Friday, May 18, 1565, the sentinels of the Knights of Malta saw on the horizon, the sails of the Turkish fleet, commanded by Admiral Piyale…

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05/02/2017

History
Horseback riding in the Middle Ages – Jordanus Rufus of Calabria

by Giovanni Battista Tomassini Although the importance of the horse in the medieval European civilization is known and recognized, given it’s central function in the definition of the identity of the dominant classes…

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27/07/2013

Techniques

History, culture and traditions of classical horsemanship

The Works of Chivalry - The book

The Works of Chivalry
The book

History

The role of the horse and of jousting in Renaissance culture  (part 2)
The role of the horse and of jousting in Renaissance culture  (part 1)
New information about the life  of Cesare Fiaschi
Horses that looked like flame!
Dom Duarte’s travel

Myth

St. George, The Holy Knight
The bit that tamed the flying horse: Pegasus and Bellerophon

Characters

New information about the life  of Cesare Fiaschi
Without horses I’m not even the half of myself. The equestrain passion of Vittorio Alfieri. Part 2
Without horses I’m not even the half of myself. The equestrian passion of Vittorio Alfieri. Part 1
Bellerophon
Kikkuli

Techniques

Anglomania (Part 2): Federico Mazzucchelli witness and critic of the “British Fashion”
Anglomania (Part 1): The spreading of English style equitation in the Eighteenth century
Snapshots of a medieval knight. Mastino II della Scala and the “a la brida” seat
“Maneggi and jumps”. The basic exercises of Renaissance horsemanship (Part 3)
“Maneggi and jumps”. The basic exercises of Renaissance horsemanship (Part 2)

Other

Four millennia of equestrian civilization on display (part2)
Four millennia of equestrian civilization  on display (part 1)
The Austrian Art of Riding
Equus frenatus. The book about the Giannelli Collection of ancient bits
A book that changed my life. A personal tribute to Sylvia Loch.

Recent comments

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