Author : Antoine de Pluvinel
Publisher : Xenophon Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780933316164
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)
Book Synopsis The Maneige Royal by : Antoine de Pluvinel
Download or read book The Maneige Royal written by Antoine de Pluvinel and published by Xenophon Press LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A translation of one of the most important books ever written about the art of horsemanship.Antoine de Pluvinel (1555-1620), a French nobleman whose wider roles included those of chamberlain and ambassador to The Netherlands, was, from a young age, a pupil of Pignatelli in Italy. Shortly after his return to Paris, he opened an academy for the broad-based education of young gentlemen of noble birth, at which equitation was just one of a number of subjects taught. His most famous pupil was the young Louis XIII. The book shows the instruction of the young Louis XIII (1601-43) who was crowned in 1610 under the regency of his mother and reigned from 1617 onward. The text and illustrations explain Pluvinel’s principles of training horses in the form of a dialogue with the king, interspersed with commentaries by M. le Grand and other distinguished authorities. Pluvinel’s book was groundbreaking in its advocacy of humane training methods, a departure from the harsher practices commonplace at the time.