- Society of Military Horse
The Society shall engage in the preservation of and research upon, knowledge of the horse, and other equines, in their employment in a military role. This shall include the study of, and distribution of knowledge upon, this topic as well as upon the ...
http://www.militaryhorse.org/
| | - 61st Cavalry
The last fully horse mounted regiment in the world, this Indian unit is composed primarily of princely and Rajput soldiers. ...
http://www.indiapolo.com/Polopedia/Genesis/Indian_Army/61st_Cavalry/61st_ca...
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- The Stirrup Thesis in China
Lynn White, in his Medieval Technology and Social Change, offers the interesting hypothesis that the feudal class of the European Middle Ages derived ultimately from the stirrup. After the arrival of the stirrup in Europe by the eighth century, and t ...
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/stirrup.shtml
| | - The Stirrup Thesis in Europe
This web site provide Jesuit University article on the effect of horse cavalry on European history and the emergence of feudalism. ...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/sloan.html
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- The US Cavalry Association
In 1976, a group of cavalrymen met to assess the status of preservation initiatives relating to the history, equipment, literature, traditions, and heritage of the Cavalry. Their findings were not encouraging; many significant reminders of the past p ...
http://www.uscavalry.org/
| | - The Medieval Cavalry Charge
In the charge against both cavalry and infantry each man will ride at his opponent at full speed with the fixed determination of running him through and killing him. In the melee, if both sides are equally determined, success depends on the handiness ...
http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/bennett1.htm
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