Horses played a major role in the military, economic, social and cultural history of early-modern England. This book uses the supply of horses to parliamentary armies during the English Civil War to make two related points. Firstly it shows how control of resources - although vital to success - is contingent upon a variety of logistical and political considerations. It then demonstrates how competition for resources and construction of individuals identities and allegiances fed into each other. Resources, such as horses, did not automatically flow out of areas which were nominally under...
Horses played a major role in the military, economic, social and cultural history of early-modern England. This book uses the supply of horses to parl...