[gothic-l] Gothic horses

[Bertil Haggman]

Relating to the earlier discussion on Gothic horses
and the importance of cavalry I wanted to bring to
the lists attention a quote from Paul Johnson's
_Enemies of Society_ (Swedish edition Stockholm:
Ratio, 1980).

This quote concentrates on the agricultural importance
of the Gothic horse

"En haest producerar 50 procent mer skaalpundfot energi per
sekund aen en oxe och roer sig mycket fortare, den har stoerre
uthaallighet och kan arbeta omkring tvaa timmar laengre varje
dag...Det var utbredningen av havreodling som gjorde det
moejligt att foeda stora maengder haestar....Lynn White: 'Oxen
aer en graesdriven motor, haesten aer en mycket effektivare
havredriven motor.' Naer det gaellde havre producerade de
nordliga boenderna oeverskott och de kunde daerfoer haalla
mer haestar."

Source: Lynn White Jr-, _Medieval Technology and Social Change,
Oxford 1966.

Gothically

Bertil




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