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3878063Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplayhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/methods-and-practice-of-elizabethan-swordplay-9780809382156/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3408421/bbef0ff5-fd61-4613-ac44-41064b86e6d0.jpg?v=638385332335500000190232MXNSouthern Illinois University PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassis <em>His True Arte of Defense</em> (1594), Vincentio Saviolos <em>His Practice in Two Bookes</em> (1595), and George Silvers <em>Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions upon My Paradoxes of Defence</em> (1599).</p><p>More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. The authors examine the rapiers influence on the various social classes, the clash between the traditional English fencing masters and those embracing the new style, the growing concern with unregulated dueling, and the frequent references to rapier play in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.</p><p>As producer Joseph Papp notes in his foreword, this is a book that "makes a difference in performance."</p>...3814099Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay190232https://www.gandhi.com.mx/methods-and-practice-of-elizabethan-swordplay-9780809382156/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3408421/bbef0ff5-fd61-4613-ac44-41064b86e6d0.jpg?v=638385332335500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169780809382156_W3siaWQiOiI0NGJiNWU0Zi0zNDliLTQ4ZTQtODdiYS1mMmQ0NTZhZjM1ZGYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIzMiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5MCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780809382156_<p>Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassis <em>His True Arte of Defense</em> (1594), Vincentio Saviolos <em>His Practice in Two Bookes</em> (1595), and George Silvers <em>Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions upon My Paradoxes of Defence</em> (1599).</p><p>More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. The authors examine the rapiers influence on the various social classes, the clash between the traditional English fencing masters and those embracing the new style, the growing concern with unregulated dueling, and the frequent references to rapier play in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.</p><p>As producer Joseph Papp notes in his foreword, this is a book that makes a difference in performance.</p>...(*_*)9780809382156_<p>Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassis <em>His True Arte of Defense</em> (1594), Vincentio Saviolos <em>His Practice in Two Bookes</em> (1595), and George Silvers <em>Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions upon My Paradoxes of Defence</em> (1599).</p><p>More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. The authors examine the rapiers influence on the various social classes, the clash between the traditional English fencing masters and those embracing the new style, the growing concern with unregulated dueling, and the frequent references to rapier play in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.</p><p>As producer Joseph Papp notes in his foreword, this is a book that "makes a difference in performance."</p>...9780809382156_Southern Illinois University Presslibro_electonico_646dd6a6-5d07-38bc-9166-47d08125a74b_9780809382156;9780809382156_9780809382156Tony SoperInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-8b42e56f-85bf-4d99-bc64-87450d206892.epub2016-04-11T00:00:00+00:00Southern Illinois University Press