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The plays with the axe in armour of the Anonimo Bolognese (1510-1515)

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2021
This contribution examines an anonymous text (Di Accia armato di tutt’arme ) addressing the handling of the axe for armoured combat, compiled in a two-volume anonymous manuscript collection of the beginning of the 16th c. This collection is of particular
Daniel Jaquet
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The art of fighting under glass

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2018
A growing body of research on fight books and historical European martial arts has appeared in academic circles over the last fifteen years. It has also broken through the doors of patrimonial institutions.
Daniel Jaquet
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The state of HEMA in 2021: The German & Austrian HEMA census

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2023
To understand the Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) community, its weapon disciplines, organisational structure and gender, a HEMA census was conducted in 2021 for Germany and Austria and in 2019 for Germany.
Alexander Fürgut
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The art of fighting under glass: Review of museum exhibitions displaying fight books, 1968-2017

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2018
A growing body of research on fight books and historical European martial arts has appeared in academic circles over the last fifteen years. It has also broken through the doors of patrimonial institutions.
Jaquet Daniel
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A new manuscript of Joachim Meyer (1561)

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 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.
Olivier Dupuis
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A Look Behind the Scenes

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2016
From the 4th – 7th of July 2016, the annual International Medieval Congress was held in Leeds, England. Among the many different sessions two specifically addressed historical European martial arts.
Claus Frederik Sørensen
doaj   +1 more source

The use of the saber in the army of Napoleon

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2016
Though Napoleonic warfare is usually associated with guns and cannons, edged weapons still played an important role on the battlefield. Swords and sabers could dominate battles and this was certainly the case in the hands of experienced cavalrymen.
Bert Gevaert
doaj   +3 more sources

A Thousand Times Do it: Historical European Martial Arts and the Cultural Record

open access: yesThe iJournal: Graduate Student Journal of the Faculty of Information, 2020
The following paper explores how intangible cultural knowledge is represented in the cultural record as information made known through physical objects. It seeks to prove that the preservation of intangible knowledge requires the continued practice of that knowledge as well as the creation of physical information.
openaire   +2 more sources

Constriction – Construction, a short history of specialised wearing apparel for athletic activities from the fourteenth century to nineteenth century

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2017
During the twentieth century, clothing permits a real freedom of bodily movement. However, when examining past athletic activity, we must take into account the period approach to the body: liberty of movement is at the same time controlled by morality ...
Baptiste Soline Anthore   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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