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The Kölner Fechtbuch: Context and Comparison
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2021 The Kölner Fechtbuch is a fascinating, unique treatise from the 16th century. Although it is tempting to compare it with the Liechtenauer tradition and to use knowledge, ideas and concepts from that tradition to interpret this book, this article shows ...
Keith Farrell
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Book review: Das Tower Fechtbuch
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2021 no abstract by book ...
Cornelius Berthold
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Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2015 In this paper I will describe the adventurous history of an important late medieval German fechtbuch—a fighting manual—that belongs to a number of manuscripts known as the Gladiatoria group.
Dierk Hagedorn
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Tradition, Innovation, Re-enactment: Hans Talhoffer’s Unusual Weapons
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2019 Multiple manuscripts of Hans Talhoffer’s fifteenth-century Fechtbuch depict duels between combatants wielding faceted clubs and tall shields, as well as combatants in tight-fitting grey clothing, and duels between a man and a woman.
Ariella Elema
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Investigation on the collation of the first Fight book (Leeds, Royal Armouries, Ms I.33)
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2016 This paper investigates the collation of the first Fight Book, the Leeds, Royal Armouries, Ms I.33. It critically reviews previous hypotheses about the composition of the quires and the identification of the material lacuna, and proposes a new hypothesis.
Fanny Binard, Daniel Jaquet
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Fighting with the Longsword: Modern-day HEMA Practices
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2017 This article is based on the talk presented on 27th November 2016 in the course of the Journées d’études sur le costume et les simulateurs d’armes dans les pratiques d’arts martiaux anciens.
Gassmann Jack +2 more
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A glimpse of these forgotten arts. Metodologie di recupero del sapere marziale.
Antropologia e Teatro, 2014 Even though Fechtbücher (combat manuals) are written documents, they represent the attempt to archive physical knowledge which can only be effectively understood and communicated by a human body reactivating its content, making it again available after ...
Sara Colciago
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Visualizing the Fight Book Tradition: Collected Martial Knowledge in the Thun-Hohenstein Album
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2018 The Thun-Hohenstein album, long-known as the Thun’sche Skizzenbuch, is a bound collection of 112 drawings that visualize armoured figures at rest and in combat, as well as empty armours arrayed in pieces.
Kirchhoff Chassica
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Honour and Fighting Social Advancement in the Early Modern Age
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2015 The article considers the importance of military service in social advancement, here understood as filling the role of “prince” in feudal law and thus participating in the government of an estate, in the transition from the Late Middle Ages to the ...
Gassmann Jürg
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