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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A new manuscript of Joachim Meyer (1561) [PDF]
, 2021 The manuscript of Joachim Meyer dated 1561 kept in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, was ignored by specialised bibliographical works on fencing and absent of the secondary literature about fight books.
Dupuis, Olivier
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THE BIG INTERNATIONAL FENCING COMPETITION AT THE YEAR OF THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES [PDF]
, 2022 Due to the proximity of the dates, in 1896 fencers had to make a choice, where to go to compete, at this time an amateur Olympics event or for grand prize at World Expo in Budapest. The best fencers had chosen the second opportunity.
Adam FALATOVICS
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“En garde – un, deux!”: Military Sabre Fencing in Nineteenth-century Switzerland [PDF]
, 2021 This article presents recent research into military fencing in Switzerland, with a focus on manuals and regulation written to help instructors teach sabre fencing in Swiss officers’ schools.
Roelofsen, Mathijs
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Index to Ascending Cadence Gestures in Essays Published on the Texas ScholarWorks Platform: Update 2020 [PDF]
, 2020 This file updates the Index published in January 2019. There are two sections. The first is a progress report on the project Ascending Cadence Gestures, A New Historical Survey.
Neumeyer, David
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Forschungen polnischer Wissenschaftler zum deutschsprachigen Theater in Danzig [PDF]
, 2020 Im Mittelpunkt des vorliegenden Beitrags steht die polnische Forschung zum deutschsprachigen Theater in Danzig. Solche Studien wurden in Danzig sowohl von Polonisten und Theaterwissenschaftlern als auch von Germanisten, Anglisten und Skandinavisten ...
Damps, Ewelina
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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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Seventeenth-Century Germany and Austria: Ascending Cadence Gestures [PDF]
, 2017 The seventeenth century in Europe was a particularly rich time for experimentation in musical performance, improvisation, and composition. This essay, meant as an addendum to Ascending Cadence Gestures: A Historical Survey from the 16th to the Early 19th
Neumeyer, David
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A fifteenth-century fencing tournament in Strasburg [PDF]
, 2015 An undated paper from the archives of Strasburg contains a set of rules approved by fencing masters for a fencing tournament. The dating of this document is uncertain but could be established around 1470-71.
Dupuis, Olivier
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Emperor’s Gambit? On the Role of Urban Culture and Fencing Fraternities in the Military Reform of Maximilian I Habsburg [PDF]
, 2022 This paper aims to trace potential links between the military reform undertaken by King Maximilian I Habsburg, initiated by forming the first Landsknecht regiments in 1486, and the privilege issued in 1487 by his father, Emperor Frederick III, for the ...
Talaga, Maciej
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