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- ISBN
- 9781783270286
- Publication Name
- Art of Swordsmanship by Hans Lecküchner
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Series
- Armour and Weapons Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 481 Pages
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English translation of one of the most significant medieval texts on fighting with swords. Completed in 1482, Johannes Lecküchner's Art of Combat with the "Langes Messer" (Messerfechtkunst) is among the most important documents on the combat arts of the Middle Ages. The Messer was a single-edged, one-handed utility sword peculiar to central Europe, but Lecküchner's techniques apply to cut-and-thrust swords in general: not only is this treatise the single most substantial work on the use of one-handed swords to survive from this period, but it is the most detailed explanation of the two-handed sword techniques of the German "Liechtenauer" school dating back to the 1300s. Lecküchner's lavish manuscript consists of over four hundred illustrations with explanatory text, in which the author, a parish priest, rings the changes on bladework, deceits, and grappling, with techniques ranging from life-or-death escapes from an armed assailant to slapstick moves designed to please the crowd in public fencing matches. This translation, complete with all illustrations from the manuscript, makes the treatise accessible for the first time since the author's untimely death less than a year after its completion left his major work to be lost for generations. An extensive introduction, notes, and glossary analyze and contextualize the work and clarify its technical content. Jeffrey L. Forgeng is curator of Arms and Armor and Medieval Art at the Worcester Art Museum, and teaches as Adjunct Professor of History at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Publisher
Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-10
1783270284
ISBN-13
9781783270286
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208596732
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Art of Swordsmanship by Hans Lecküchner
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Series
Armour and Weapons Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
481 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
4
Lc Classification Number
U865
Volume Number
4
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A fantastic attempt to make the fecht-bücher increasingly accessible to a wider audience.... What sets this book apart is the contextualisation of the source and the excellent translations., It is clear that Jeffrey Forgeng is not only a technical expert on the weapon illustrated in this manual, but also a scholar deeply versed in the manuscript tradition of which this volume is a part as well as in the accumulated historiography that treats it. THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW A fantastic attempt to make the fecht-bücher increasingly accessible to a wider audience.... What sets this book apart is the contextualisation of the source and the excellent translations. MEDIEVAL WARFARE For anyone really interested in fighting styles and techniques, this is a must-read. SLINGSHOT Forgeng's translation is clear and accessible. His experience not only as a scholar of early swordsmanship, but as a practitioner, is readily apparent. . . . [Forgeng makes] a vital text more widely available for practitioners not only looking to better understand the use of single-handed swords of all types, but also to how those techniques complement other medieval martial practices. DE RE MILITARI
Copyright Date
2015
Topic
Military / Weapons, Martial Arts & Self-Defense, Firearms & Weapons, Europe / Medieval
Lccn
2015-472510
Dewey Decimal
796.86
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Antiques & Collectibles, Sports & Recreation, History
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