Special Issue of Cheiron: The International Journal of Equine and Equestrian HistoryHave you ever felt exasperated at hearing, yet again, that medieval warhorses resembled Shires, could plough thei…| thegrailquest
Following up on my latest post, where I wrote we are not putting the bridles on the young horses, I decided it’s time to remind Hector of the absolute amazing medieval reproduction bit and bridle that was made by Seats … Continue reading →| thegrailquest
It has been a while since I posted on my page, because I was quite busy with other things. I was reading and reviewing some books and papers on horse history, mostly for the autumn issue of the Che…| thegrailquest
Among the many books bought at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds was Introducing Medieval Animal Names by Ben Parsons. Published by the University of Wales Press in the series designs t…| thegrailquest
We are at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds. We have not been there for five years, ever since Covid 19 and later the war with Ukraine messed up, for different reasons, our attendance. And the first thing on our … Continue reading →| thegrailquest
My maternal grandfather was not a talkative man. He grew up next to a city that bore, ironically, the name “little city” Gorodok in what is now Ukraine. It was the Soviet Republic of Ukraine. And, …| thegrailquest
My year 2025 started, totally unexpectedly, with a commission from the Medieval World magazine, offering to write for them an article on medieval horses for their special horse- themed issue. Horse…| thegrailquest
Kikkuli, the horse trainer from the land of Mitanni, is the first known horse trainer whose advice on training (or, rather, conditioning) horses, has been preserved. The text has been preserved on four clay tablets and provides a detailed regimen … Continue reading →| thegrailquest
It’s not every day that a book I have edited or co-edited is published. And today there are not just one, but two of them, so I will take them one after the other. The first is Medievalism in…| thegrailquest
In anticipation of the International Women’s Day, I was thinking of some of the remarkable mares I had the luck to work with or hear about.History often seems to be all about men. Written by men about men and for … Continue reading →| thegrailquest
