Medieval Combat in Colour: A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat by Hans Talhoffer

Medieval Combat in Colour: A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat

Hans Talhoffer with Dierk Hagedorn (Contributor), Mark Rector (Contributor)

320 pages • first pub 1467 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative slow-paced
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Hans Talhoffer's professional fencing manual of 1467 illustrates the intricacies of the medieval art of fighting, covering both the 'judicial duel' (an officially sanctioned fight to resolve a legal dispute) and personal combat. Combatants in the ...

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