The manuscript, produced in Strassburg around 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolour 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 manuscript’s theoretical discussion of guards is one of the most critical passages to understanding this key feature of the historical practice, not just in relation to Meyer but in relation to the medieval combat systems in general.
The manuscript offers an extensive repertoire of training drills for both the dusack and the rapier, a feature largely lacking in treatises of the period as a whole but critical to modern reconstructions of the practice. The 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.
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Produktfakta
ISBN: 9781473876774
Utgivningsdatum: 2021-07-30
Språk: Engelska
Författare: Joachim Meyer
Förlag: Pen and Sword
Längd: 144 sidor