The Art of Sword Combat

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1509021The Art of Sword Combathttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/39458d3c-2512-3e62-ab0f-50cbe559065a/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/785777/7eaa32e6-8e4d-40f3-9d54-485efa2228d0.jpg?v=638336209052270000206251MXNFrontline BooksInStock/Ebooks/This sixteenth-century German guide to sword fighting and combat training is a crucial source for understanding medieval swordplay techniques.Following his translation of Joachim Meyers The Art of Combat, Jeffrey L. Forgeng was alerted to an earlier version of Meyers text, discovered in Lund University Library in Sweden. The manuscript, produced in Strasbourg around 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolor images and seven ink diagrams. The text covers combat with the longsword (hand-and-a-half sword), dusack (a one-handed practice weapon comparable to a sabre), and rapier.The manuscripts theoretical discussion of guards sheds significant light on this key feature of the historical practice, not just in relation to Meyer but in relation to medieval combat systems in general. The Art of Sword Combat also offers an extensive repertoire of training drills for both the dusack and the rapier, a feature largely lacking in treatises of the period and critical to modern reconstructions of the practice. Forgengs translation also includes a biography of Meyer, much of which has only recently come to light, as well as technical terminology and other essential information for understanding and contextualizing the work....1491413The Art of Sword Combat206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/39458d3c-2512-3e62-ab0f-50cbe559065a/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/785777/7eaa32e6-8e4d-40f3-9d54-485efa2228d0.jpg?v=638336209052270000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209781473876774_W3siaWQiOiJkNDMxMTk5Ny1lMjhmLTQ0ZmYtYTBhOC02MGY3ZTRlYzAyMzMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMjdUMTY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781473876774_This sixteenth-century German guide to sword fighting and combat training is a crucial source for understanding medieval swordplay techniques.Following his translation of Joachim Meyers The Art of Combat, Jeffrey L. Forgeng was alerted to an earlier version of Meyers text, discovered in Lund University Library in Sweden. The manuscript, produced in Strasbourg around 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolor images and seven ink diagrams. The text covers combat with the longsword (hand-and-a-half sword), dusack (a one-handed practice weapon comparable to a sabre), and rapier.The manuscripts theoretical discussion of guards sheds significant light on this key feature of the historical practice, not just in relation to Meyer but in relation to medieval combat systems in general. The Art of Sword Combat also offers an extensive repertoire of training drills for both the dusack and the rapier, a feature largely lacking in treatises of the period and critical to modern reconstructions of the practice. Forgengs translation also includes a biography of Meyer, much of which has only recently come to light, as well as technical terminology and other essential information for understanding and contextualizing the work.(*_*)9781473876774_This sixteenth-century German guide to sword fighting and combat training is a crucial source for understanding medieval swordplay techniques.Following his translation of Joachim Meyers The Art of Combat, Jeffrey L. Forgeng was alerted to an earlier version of Meyers text, discovered in Lund University Library in Sweden. The manuscript, produced in Strasbourg around 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolor images and seven ink diagrams. The text covers combat with the longsword (hand-and-a-half sword), dusack (a one-handed practice weapon comparable to a sabre), and rapier.The manuscripts theoretical discussion of guards sheds significant light on this key feature of the historical practice, not just in relation to Meyer but in relation to medieval combat systems in general. The Art of Sword Combat also offers an extensive repertoire of training drills for both the dusack and the rapier, a feature largely lacking in treatises of the period and critical to modern reconstructions of the practice. Forgengs translation also includes a biography of Meyer, much of which has only recently come to light, as well as technical terminology and other essential information for understanding and contextualizing the work....9781473876774_Pen & Sword Books(*_*)9781473876774_Frontline Bookslibro_electonico_39458d3c-2512-3e62-ab0f-50cbe559065a_9781473876774;9781473876774_9781473876774Joachim MeyerInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-c15c0ab0-56cd-4627-8142-f7df5642516c.epub2020-01-24T00:00:00+00:00Frontline Books