The Master of the Horse was (and in some cases, still is) a position of varying importance in several European nations.
Read more about Master Of The Horse: Magister Equitum (Ancient Rome), Master of The Horse (United Kingdom), Grand Squire of France, Oberststallmeister (Germany), Caballerizo Mayor (Spain), Papal Master of The Horse, Riksstallmästare (Sweden)
Famous quotes containing the words master of, master and/or horse:
“Be not a Jack of all trades, but a master of one.”
—Chinese proverb.
“No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“The horseman on the pale horse is Pestilence. He follows the wars.”
—Ardel Wray, and Mark Robson. Explaining why he is taking pains to protect his troops from plague (1945)