Lance, Spear, Sword, and Messer
a german medieval martial arts miscellany
$162.66
- Paperback
350 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2022
Summary
Christian Tobler makes a deep dive into the fighting traditions of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, particularly as recorded by Johannes Liechtenauer (1300-1389). It was a time of plague, of the Hundred Years War, of the Peasants’ Revolt, but also a time when the origins of the European Renaissance were formed.
In the later years of this turbulent time a shadowy figure named Johannes Liechtenauer systematized lessons for swordsmanship, wrestling, armoured and mounted combat. Re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781937439637 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1937439631 |
| Author: | Christian Henry Tobler |
| Publisher: | Freelance Academy Press |
| Imprint: | Freelance Academy Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 350 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 654g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Christian Henry Tobler
Christian Tobler has revealed the lost world of German knightly martial arts to a modern audience. His Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship (2001) was the first complete English translation of a medieval fighting text combined with a textual and photographic interpretation of its hundreds of techniques. Since then, he has published three translation-editions of other 15th-century combat treatises, and an extensive, fully illustrated training guide for students interested in the practical study of the art, Fighting with the German Longsword. His collection, In Saint George’s Name (2010), was an anthology of essays on the art. In 2021 he joined forces with Dierk Hagedorn to present a transcription, translation and analysis of the complete 15th-century manuscript of The Peter von Danzig Fight Book, devoted to the fencing tradition of German grandmaster Johannes Liechtenauer. Christian Henry Tobler is Principal Instructor for the Selohaar Fechtschule, a school for historical fencing.
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