3 Before the Fight Books: Identifying Sources of Martial Techniques in Antique and Medieval Art

In: Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books
Author:
Timothy Dawson
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29–46
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004324725_004

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Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books

Transmission and Tradition of Martial Arts in Europe (14th-17th Centuries)

Series:  History of Warfare, Volume: 112
Cover Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books
E-Book ISBN:
9789004324725
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2016
Preliminary Material
1 Foreword
2 Introduction
4 Teaching How to Fight with Encrypted Words: Linguistic Aspects of German Fencing and Wrestling Treatises of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
5 Only a Flesh-Wound? The Literary Background to Medieval German Fight Books
6 Visualised Motion: Iconography of Medieval and Renaissance Fencing Books
7 Finding a Way through the Labyrinth: Some Methodological Remarks on Critically Editing the Fight Book Corpus
8 Problems of Interpretation and Application in Fight Book Studies
9 Experimenting Historical European Martial Arts, a Scientific Method?
10 German Fechtbücher from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
11 The Italian Schools of Fencing: Art, Science, and Pedagogy
12 The Destreza Verdadera: A Global Phenomenon
13 The French Fencing Traditions, from the 14th Century to 1630 through Fight Books
14 Evolution of Martial Tradition in the Low Countries: Fencing Guilds and Treatises
15 Common Themes in the Fighting Tradition of the British Isles
16 The Autograph of an Erudite Martial Artist: A Close Reading of Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Hs. 3227a
17 Development, Diffusion and Reception of the “Buckler Play”: A Case Study of a Fighting Art in the Making
18 Martial Identity and the Culture of the Sword in Early Modern Germany
19 Science of Duel and Science of Honour in the Modern Age: The Construction of a New Science between Customs, Jurisprudence, Literature and Philosophy
20 Conclusion
General Bibliography
Index

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