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. This work reveals the techniques for wrestling, unarmoured fighting with the long sword, pole-axe, dagger, sword and buckler, and mounted combat.
Mark Rector Bücher
Medieval Combat
A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat
- 317 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
One of the most influential illustrated fencing manuals of the Middle Ages, available in English for the first time, depicts authentic contemporary techniques for fighting with skill, sophistication and ruthlessness.