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The art of fighting under glass: Review of museum exhibitions displaying fight books, 1968-2017

Acta 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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What would the Marshal do?: Historical heroes as role models in contemporary martial arts

Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas
Many martial arts systems have their own revered heroes, such as mythical founders and leaders of notable schools. The paper draws on ethnographic research conducted on The Blade Academy, an expanding historical European martial arts (HEMA) school in ...
George Jennings, Sara Delamont
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A new manuscript of Joachim Meyer (1561)

Acta 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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XVII century Italian fencing treatise by Rudolpho Capo Ferro in the collection of the State Public Historical library’s of Russia

RUDN Journal of World History
In three recent decades, the study of the history of European fencing art has been gaining momentum among historians. The main type of source in this area of research are fencing manuals - treatises, textbooks and manuals of the period under ...
Ruslan I. Urazbakhtin
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Prologues, Poetry, Prose and Portrayals: The Purposes of Fifteenth Century Fight Books According to the Diplomatic Evidence

Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2016
Although by far the most popular use of fifteenth century Fight Books in recent years has been their application to the study of Historical European Martial Arts and interpretations of medieval combat, this manner of learning from them was rarely what ...
Deacon Jacob Henry
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Constriction – Construction, a short history of specialised wearing apparel for athletic activities from the fourteenth century to nineteenth century

Acta 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, Baptiste Nicolas P.   +1 more
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Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) and Reenactment - Concept, Problems, Approaches in Our Experience

EXARC Journal, 2014
2013 EXARC meeting at Csiki Pihenökert (HU) Throughout the history of re-enactment and in general efforts to revive or recreate the milieu of bygone ages, the military aspect of lifestyle has always enjoyed a special status-one might even say that the ...
Fábián Gábor
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Analysis of the process of emergence and development trends of Ukrainian and Eastern national types of martial arts

Слобожанський науково-спортивний вісник, 2023
Background and Study Aim. National types of martial arts have been created and are functioning in Ukraine, which are gaining more and more popularity in the world.
Andrii Lytvynenko, Viacheslav Mulyk
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Actors, Roles, and Behaviours

Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2023
This paper attempts to look at Fightbooks as literary sources and apply this reasoning to ADVISE reconstruction methodology. First the concepts of Real and Imaginary Worlds is introduced, followed by the distinction between Actors and Roles.
Bartlomiej Walczak
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A brief examination of warfare by medieval urban militias in Central and Northern Europe

Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2021
During the medieval and Early Modern period, the Free cities of Central and Northern Europe fielded militias which collectively played an important role in European warfare. The specific military role of the burgher is not well known outside of the realm
Jean Chandler
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