The Art of Sword Combat a 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship

The Fine art of Sword Combat

A 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship

Following the success of Jeffrey Fifty. Forgeng'due south translation of Joachim Meyer'due south The Art of Sword Combat the writer was alerted to an earlier recension of the work which was discovered in Lund Academy Library in Sweden. The manuscript, produced effectually 1568, is illustrated with xxx watercolor images and vii ink diagrams. The text covers combat w

Date Published :

Baronial 2016

Publisher :

Frontline Books

Contributor(s) :

Jeffrey L. Forgeng

Language:

English

Illustration :

32 color illustrations

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Binding. : Hardback ISBN : 9781473876750 Pages : 208 Dimensions : eight.5 X 5.25 inches Stock Condition : In stock	- +	$34.95
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Overview

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Post-obit the success of Jeffrey L. Forgeng's translation of Joachim Meyer's The Art of Sword Combat the author was alerted to an earlier recension of the piece of work which was discovered in Lund University Library in Sweden.

The manuscript, produced in Strassburg effectually 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolor images and seven ink diagrams.

The text covers combat with the long sword (paw-and-a-half sword), dusack (a ane-handed practice weapon comparable to a saber), and rapier. The manuscript's theoretical discussion of guards is one of the almost critical passages to agreement this central feature of the historical do, not just in relation to Meyer but in relation to the medieval combat systems in full general.

The manuscript offers an extensive repertoire of training drills for both the dusack and the rapier, a feature largely lacking in treatises of the catamenia as a whole but critical to modern reconstructions of the practice. The translation besides includes a biography of Meyer, much of which has only recently come up to light, besides as technical terminology, and other essential information for understanding and contextualizing the work.

Almost The Author

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Joachim Meyer was built-in in Basel in Switzerland in approximately 1537, peradventure the son of Jacob Meyer, a stationer, and Anna Freund. He became a burgher of Strasbourg by marrying a widow in 1560, most probable during his apprenticeship as a cutler. He made a living as both a cutler and a professional fencer until 1570, in which year he published his Art of Combat – the book that made him famous. The making of this book, however, left him deeply indebted, and the search for potential buyers led him to exit Strasbourg and piece of work as a Master-of-Arms at the courtroom of the Duke of Schwerin. Unfortunately, he died soon afterwards his arrival, on 24 February 1571, at the age of just thirty-four, leaving the burden of his debt to his widow and brother-in-law.

Jeffrey Fifty Forgeng is curator of the Worcester Art Museum'due south Higgins Collection, the second largest collection of arms and armor in the Americas, and also teaches as Adjunct Professor of History at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His academic work specializes in European treatises on the use of artillery and armor.

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"This is the almost in-depth business relationship of sword technique we've seen, and armed services history buffs will find an awful lot to bask hither. If you're interested in learning more than about what many would phone call a lost art, then this translated work is an excellent place to start"

"If you're interested in how people really fought in the Early on Modern Age, or just want to exist able to visualize the duel between Romeo and Tybalt, The Fine art of Sword Combat is a book that will tell you everything y'all need to know."

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