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Book Acta Periodica Duellatorum  vol  6  issue 2

Download or read book Acta Periodica Duellatorum vol 6 issue 2 written by Matyas Miskolczi and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has interdisciplinary dimensions, including notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc. APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 onwards. APD is a non-profit association, based in Switzerland. It is supported by institutional grants, donators/partners and by its readers. The journal is published electronically (Open Access) and printed for subscribed readers and institutions.

Book Pietro Monte s Collectanea

Download or read book Pietro Monte s Collectanea written by Petrus Montius and published by Armour and Weapons. This book was released on 2018 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First translation into English of a wide-ranging military treatise from the late middle ages.

Book The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship

Download or read book The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship written by Jeffrey L. Forgeng and published by Royal Armouries. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jointly Published with the British Royal Armouries Medieval fighting has long been thought to be rough and untutored. Visions of men madly slashing to and fro and hoping for the best still dominate not only popular culture but modern histories of fencing as well. In recent years, the survival of more than 175 fighting treatises from the Middle Ages and Renaissance has provided a whole generation of enthusiasts, scholars, reenactors and stage choreographers with a wealth of new information. This text represents the earliest known text on swordsmanship anywhere in the world. Royal Armouries MS I.33 presents a system of combat that is sophisticated and demonstrates the diffusion of fighting arts beyond the military classes. Within the manuscripts richly illustrated full-color illustrations lie still-potent demonstrates of sword techniques, surprisingly shown by a Priest and Scholar. Most surprisingly, however, is the presence of a woman practcing in the text, the only one illustrated in any European fighting treatise. This full color facsimile & translation has been long-awaited and promises to become an important resource for years to come

Book The Academy of the Sword

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gerard Thibault d'Anvers
  • Publisher : Aeon Books
  • Release : 2017-02-20
  • ISBN : 1904658911
  • Pages : 824 pages

Download or read book The Academy of the Sword written by Gerard Thibault d'Anvers and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed and comprehensive treatise on swordsmanship ever written, Gerard Thibault's Academy of the Sword offers an extraordinary glimpse into a forgotten landscape of ideas, in which Pythagorean sacred geometry illuminated the lethal realities of rapier combat to create one of the Western world's only thoroughly documented esoteric martial arts. Translated by the widely respected occultist and scholar John Michael Greer, this stunningly illustrated and precisely detailed manual of Renaissance swordsmanship is a triumphant document of Renaissance culture-as well as a practical manual of a martial art that can still be studied and practiced today.

Book Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books

Download or read book Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books offers insights into the cultural and historical transmission and practices of martial arts, based on interdisciplinary research on the corpus of the Fight Books (Fechtbücher) in 14th- to 17th-century Europe.

Book Acta Periodica Duellatorum  vol  6  issue 1

Download or read book Acta Periodica Duellatorum vol 6 issue 1 written by Jaquet Daniel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has interdisciplinary dimensions, including notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc. APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 onwards. APD is a non-profit association, based in Switzerland. It is supported by institutional grants, donators/partners and by its readers. The journal is published electronically (Open Access) and printed for subscribed readers and institutions.

Book Acta Periodica Duellatorum  vol  4  Issue 2

Download or read book Acta Periodica Duellatorum vol 4 Issue 2 written by Daniel Jaquet and published by de Gruyter Open. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has strong interdisciplinary dimensions with notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc. APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 on. The Scholarly volume offers an academic level platform for fundamental research, position papers and methodological papers, with a double blind peer review process. The Hands On volume offers a platform for pragmatic research, intended for the communities of practitioners, bridging the gap between experienced martial artists, independent researchers and scholars. APD is a non for profit association, based in Switzerland. It is supported by institutional grants, donators/partners and by its readers. The journal is published electronically (open-access) and printed for subscribed readers and institutions. Table of Contents EDITORIAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Epistemological Reflections on the Mediality of Historical Records of Technique and the Status of Modern (Re-)Constructions (Eric Burkart), p.7 A Look Behind the Scenes: Danish Renaissance Martial Arts during the Reign of Christian IV (Claus Frederik Sorensen), p.33 Your Kung Fu is very good, Master Fiore! Asian and European fight books in comparison (Sixt Wetzler), p.51 Prologues, Poetry, Prose and Portrayals: The Purposes of Fifteenth Century Fight Books According to the Diplomatic Evidence (Jacob Henry Deacon), p.73 The Future of Historical European Martial Arts Studies. A discussion (Daniel Jaquet), p.95 RESEARCH NOTE Economising Early Prints on Fight Books by Multiple Using Movable Half Page Woodcuts. (Dr. Matthias Johannes Bauer), p.03 BOOK REVIEW Daniel Jaquet and Nicolas Baptiste (eds), Experimenter le maniement des armes a la fin du Moyen Age/Experimente zur Waffenhandhabung im Spatm"

Book Acta Periodica Duellatorum

    Book Details:
  • Author : Daniel Jaquet
  • Publisher : de Gruyter Open
  • Release : 2016-04-08
  • ISBN : 9780012025734
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Acta Periodica Duellatorum written by Daniel Jaquet and published by de Gruyter Open. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has strong interdisciplinary dimensions with notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc. APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 on. The Scholarly volume offers an academic level platform for fundamental research, position papers and methodological papers, with a double blind peer review process. The Hands On volume offers a platform for pragmatic research, intended for the communities of practitioners, bridging the gap between experienced martial artists, independent researchers and scholars. APD is a non for profit association, based in Switzerland. It is supported by institutional grants, donators/partners and by its readers. The journal is published electronically (open-access) and printed for subscribed readers and institutions. Volume 4, Issue 1 (Scholarly Volume) - table of content: EDITORIAL ARTICLES Investigation on the collation of the first Fight book (Leeds, Royal Armouries, Ms I.33) (Fanny Binard) A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (Dr. Jurg Gassmann) The French staff material from Johann Georg Pasch (Olivier Dupuis) The use of the saber in the army of Napoleon (Bert Gevaert) Income and working time of a Fencing Master in Bologna in the 15th and early 16th (Alessandro Battistini, Niki Corradetti) Pole-weapons in the Sagas of Icelanders: a comparison of literary and archaeological sources (Jan H. Orkisz) RESEARCH NOTE Two late flying prints informing on the artist involved in the Opera Nova of Achille Marozzo and on the date of an original (lost) edition? (Roberto Gotti, Daniel Jaquet) BOOK REVIEWS Jeffrey L. Forgeng, The Art of Swordsmanship by Hans Leckuchner (Daniel Jaquet) Jaser, Christian and Israe"

Book Byzantium Viewed by the Arabs

Download or read book Byzantium Viewed by the Arabs written by Nadia Maria El-Cheikh and published by Harvard CMES. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the Arabic-Islamic view of Byzantium, tracing the Byzantine image as it evolved through centuries of warfare, contact, and exchanges. Including previously inaccessible material on the Arabic textual tradition on Byzantium, this investigation shows the significance of Byzantium to the Arab Muslim establishment and their appreciation of various facets of Byzantine culture and civilization. The Arabic-Islamic representation of the Byzantine Empire stretching from the reference to Byzantium in the Qur'an until the fall of Constantinople in 1453 is considered in terms of a few salient themes. The image of Byzantium reveals itself to be complex, non-monolithic, and self-referential. Formulating an alternative appreciation to the politics of confrontation and hostility that so often underlies scholarly discourse on Muslim-Byzantine relations, this book presents the schemes developed by medieval authors to reinterpret aspects of their own history, their own self-definition, and their own view of the world.

Book The Flower of Battle

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018-07-12
  • ISBN : 9780984771691
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book The Flower of Battle written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flower of Battle is Colin Hatcher's translation of Fiore dei Liberi's art of combat from the early 15th century. The work included high-resolution images and English text laid out in the manner of the original.

Book De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi

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  • Author : Philippo di Vadi
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2019-02-07
  • ISBN : 0359414567
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi written by Philippo di Vadi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a simple, straight forward translation of Philippo di Vadi's "De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi" (1482), which covers a theoretical framework for the Italian longsword as well as plays of the sword, sword in armor, spear, poleaxe, and dagger.

Book Acta Periodica Duellatorum  vol  7  issue 1

Download or read book Acta Periodica Duellatorum vol 7 issue 1 written by Daniel Jaquet and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has interdisciplinary dimensions, including notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc. APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 onwards. APD is a non-profit association, based in Switzerland. It is supported by institutional grants, donators/partners and by its readers. The journal is published electronically (Open Access) and printed for subscribed readers and institutions.

Book Martial Arts Studies

Download or read book Martial Arts Studies written by Paul Bowman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase “martial arts studies” is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies already engage with martial arts in their own particular way. Therefore, is there really such a thing as a unique field of martial arts studies? Martial Arts Studies is the first book to engage directly with these questions. It assesses the multiplicity and heterogeneity of possible approaches to martial arts studies, exploring orientations and limitations of existing approaches. It makes a case for constructing the field of martial arts studies in terms of key coordinates from post-structuralism, cultural studies, media studies, and post-colonialism. By using these anti-disciplinary approaches to disrupt the approaches of other disciplines, Martial Arts Studies proposes a field that both emerges out of and differs from its many disciplinary locations.

Book The Flower of Battle

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  • Author : RICHARD. MARSDEN
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018-06-05
  • ISBN : 9780984771639
  • Pages : 188 pages

Download or read book The Flower of Battle written by RICHARD. MARSDEN and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiore dei Liberi was a weapons-master from Italy who was active in the 14th and early 15th century. After fifty years of training Italy's elite, he put his art to paper and created the Flower of Battle. The Flower of Battle covers unarmed combat, the use of the dagger, sword, spear, axe as well as fighting in armor, without and on horseback as well as other odds and ends. MS Latin 11269 is a copy of the Flower of Battle in full color with Latin prose. The Latin has been translated by Benjamin Winnick and an interpretation provided by Richard Marsden in which brief explanations are provided as well as comparisons to the other copies of the Flower of Battle. The art has been restored by Henry Snider.

Book ACTA Periodica Duellatorum  Vol  5  Issue 2

Download or read book ACTA Periodica Duellatorum Vol 5 Issue 2 written by Daniel Jaquet and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has strong interdisciplinary dimensions with notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc. APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 on.

Book Lanzelet

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ulrich (von Zatzikhoven)
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780231128681
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Lanzelet written by Ulrich (von Zatzikhoven) and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new translation of one of the first known versions of the Lancelot story has been prepared with the highest accuracy and scholarly insight available to date. It includes a new introduction and revised bibliography, notes from the first English translation by Webster and the textual changes by famed Arthurian scholar Loomis, and a commentary reflecting the fifty years of scholarship on "Lanzelet" since the publication of Webster's translation.

Book Bubishi

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
  • Release : 2016-05-31
  • ISBN : 1462918530
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Bubishi written by and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts. Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishiwas a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters have studied it, applied its teachings, or copied passages from it. No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the shaping and development of karate as the Bubishi. Karate historian and authority Patrick McCarthy spent over ten years researching and studying the Bubishi and the arts associated with it. The first English translation of this remarkable martial arts manual includes numerous explanations and notes. McCarthy's work also includes groundbreaking research on Okinawan and Chinese history, as well as the fighting and healing traditions that developed in those countries, making it a gold mine for researchers and practitioners alike. For the final word on the true origins and spirit of classic Okinawan martial arts, one need look no further. This karate book is one of the best karate training supplements available.