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« Reply #30 on: December 09, 2007, 10:24:02 pm »



Medieval people engaging in falconry from horseback. The horses appear to have the body type of Palfreys or Jennets. from Codex Menesse.
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« Reply #31 on: December 09, 2007, 10:33:22 pm »

Women and horses

It was not uncommon for a girl to learn her father's trade, and for a woman to share her husband's trade; many guilds also accepted the membership of widows, so they might continue their husband's business. Under this system, some women trained in horse-related trades, and there are records of women working as farriers and saddle-makers. On farms, where every hand was needed, excessive emphasis on division of labour was impracticable, and women often worked alongside men (on their own farms or as hired help), leading the farmhorses and oxen, and managing their care.

Despite the difficulties of travel, it was customary for many people, including women, to travel long distances. Women would usually travel on horseback or, if weakened or infirm, be carried in a wagon or a litter. Most women rode astride; while crude sidesaddles were manufactured as early as the thirteenth century and allowed women of the nobility to ride while wearing elaborate gowns, they were not universally adopted during the Middle Ages, partially due to the insecure seat they offered prior to the invention of the "leaping horn" in the 19th century. If roads permitted, women sometimes rode in early carriages developed from freight wagons, pulled by three or four horses. After the invention of better suspension systems, travel in carriages became more comfortable.

Women of the nobility also rode horses for sport, accompanying men in activities that included hunting and hawking.

It was not unknown for women to ride war horses, and take their part in warfare. Joan of Arc is probably the most famous female warrior, but there were many others, including the Empress Matilda who, armoured and mounted, led an army against her cousin Stephen of Blois, and Stephen's wife Matilda of Boulogne in the 12th Century. The fifteenth-century writer Christine de Pizan advised aristocratic ladies that they must "know the laws of arms and all things pertaining to warfare, ever prepared to command her men if there is need of it."
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« Reply #32 on: December 09, 2007, 10:37:24 pm »


This medieval painting shows several women armed and mounted on war horses, some with armour, some without. Note even the woman in a gown is riding astride, not sidesaddle.
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« Reply #33 on: December 09, 2007, 10:40:10 pm »



Joan of Arc, statue in Reims.
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