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Martial Culture and Historical Martial Arts in Europe and Asia [PDF]
This open access book is the first publication to provide a comparative framework for the study of martial culture and historical martial arts in Europe and Asia, in particular in Italy and China.
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The Cutting Edge in Print: Images and the Discerning Mind in Achille Marozzo’s Opera nova (1536) [PDF]
This article explores how Scholastic notions of the body, mind and cognition inform the didactic principles structuring the Opera nova (1536) by Achille Marozzo (1484-1553). A Bolognese fencing master, Marozzo belonged to a tradition of institutionalized
Pietersma, Miente
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The Siete Partidas: A Repository of Mediaeval Military and Tactical Instruction [PDF]
The Siete Partidas, compiled in the mid-13th century for the Castilian king Alfonso X el Sabio, constituted the code of law for Castile and later Spain. Despite the practicality of their instructions and principles on warfare, they are not well ...
Gassmann, Jürg
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Terebovlia as the Location for the Polish Troops’ Stay in 1557 and 1558 [PDF]
In 1557 and 1558, Terebovlia was the place of the stay of the Polish army, whose task was to defend the Ruthenian lands of the Kingdom of Poland against the Tatar invasions.
Grabarczyk, Tadeusz
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Meanders of the Polish Military Revolution — Standardization of Cavalry Units [PDF]
The objective of the article is to show the phenomenon of the internal standardization of the units of the Polish cavalry in the 16th century. The references to this process, during which the diversisty of arms and equipment of soldiers was abandoned ...
Boldyrew, Aleksander, Łopatecki, Karol
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In the current context, the most prominent menace to global security prevails, the same it was 50 years ago, the feasibility of using the nuclear arsenal. This arsenal continues to be renewed, incorporating increasingly advanced technologies and state-of-
Alexandru Herciu
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Prevalence of Knee Dysfunction in Mallakhamb Players in Karad
Background: Mallakhamb is combination of Yoga, Gymnastics and Martial Arts. There is various types of mallakhamb such as pole, rope, hanging, niradhar(without support), on cane, on floating platform, mallakhamb with weapons etc.
Arundhati V. Nimbalkar, S. Anandh
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In The Pechenegs: Nomads in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Medieval Europe, Aleksander Paroń offers a reflection on the history of the Pechenegs, a nomadic people which came to control the Black Sea steppe by the end of the ninth century ...
Paroń, Aleksander
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Liegnitzer, Hundsfeld or Lew? The question of authorship of popular Medieval fighting teachings [PDF]
In numerous 15th and 16th century Fightbooks several sets of teachings appear alongside the glosses of Liechtenauer’s Epitome on armoured fighting and fighting on horseback (Harnischfechten and Rossfechten) often enough to be considered auctoritas on ...
Jaquet, Daniel, Walczak, Bartłomiej
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Beyond Propaganda: Soviet Active Measures in Putin’s Russia
Preface: An AwakeningThe neatest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.- Charles Baudelaire, 1869 1They began to appear in late February 2014.
Steven Abrams
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