In this issue, we look at how the horse impacted medieval life and culture, from the monastery to the court, and from the training grounds to the battlefield.

Theme: Horses in the Middle Ages

• Anastasija Ropa, "From coursers to hackneys: Medieval horses and the people who rode them," 16-21.
  
• Timothy George Dawson, "The horse in Byzantium: Adaptations for daily life and battle," 22-25.
• Jürg Gassmann, "Fighting on horseback: Cavalry organisation, training, and tactics," 26-33.
• Anastasija Ropa, "The mirror of man: The horse and rider metaphor," 34-37.
• Annelies Koolen, "The right way to ride: Dom Duarte on horsemanship," 38-41.
• Miriam A. Bibby, "Jingling monks and sidesaddle nuns: Ecclesiastical horses on the road," 42-45.

Features:

• Rowdy Geirsson, "Freyja's final resting place: Secrets of a Viking-age burial," 8-13.
• Robert Jones, "Chivalry and violence: Worshipping at the altar of prowess," 14-15.
• Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele, "Clovis' baptism: eldest daughter of the church," 46-49.
• Lucie Laumonier, "Shopping in the Middle Ages: Markets, sellers, and fraud," 50-53.
• Joseph Luzzi, "Sacred poetry and secular politics: Dante's contested legacy," 54-55.
• Rowdy Geirsson, "Book review: Forgotten Vikings - New Approaches to the Viking Age," 56.
• Jonathan H. Jones, "Book review: The Green Ages - Medieval Innovations and Sustainability," 57.