''Bem cavalgar'', fully ''Livro da ensinança de bem cavalgar toda sela'' ("Book on the instruction of riding well on every saddle"), is a book written by Edward of Portugal, left incomplete as Edward died of a plague in 1438. It is one of the oldest remaining manuals of medieval horsemanship and

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. Together with '' Leal Conselheiro'', the other book written by King Edward, the manuscript is kept at the

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, Paris. It is the basis of the curriculum at the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art, one of the Big Four riding academies. The book consists of three parts: "on will" (4 chapters), "on force" (2 chapters) and "fourteen recommendations for expert riders", breaking off in the seventh section.

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''The Book of Horsemanship by Duarte I of Portugal''.
Transl. Jeffrey L. Forgeng. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2016.

Highland Village, TX: The Chivalry Bookshelf, 2005, {{ISBN, 1-891448-34-X *Piel Joseph M. (ed.), ''Livro Da Ensinança De Bem Cavalgar Toda Sela'' que fez Elrey Dom Eduarte de Portugal e do Algarve e Senhor de Ceuta, Lisbon, 1944 *''Livro da ensinança de bem cavalgar toda sela'', escrito pelo Senhor Dom Duarte, Rei de Portugal e do Algarve e Segnhor de Ceuta, trascrito do manuscrito extante na Biblioteca Real de Paris, Typ. Rollandiana, Lisbon, 1843

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