The European equestrianism had been originally developed in ancient Greece; a work by Xenophon is known as the oldest equestrian textbook; the modern equestrianism was developed in the Renaissance of Italy through appreciating Xenophon's work.
ヨーロッパの馬術は古代ギリシアで発達し、クセノポンの著作は現存する最古の馬術書として知られているが、近代馬術はルネサンス期のイタリアでクセノポンの再評価から始まった。