Horses, People and Parliament in the English Civil War

Name: Horses, People and Parliament in the English Civil War
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

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 English Civil War armies as a case study to demonstrate the importance not only of resources, but the ways in which these resources could be efficiently extracted from an often reluctant population. In so doing, the book sheds further light on the quixotic nature of allegiance during a time of civil war. > 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\u2019 identities and allegiances fed into each other. Resources, such as horses, did not w