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The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship -

The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship

Royal Armouries MS I.33

Jeffrey L. Forgeng (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
176 Seiten
2018
Trustees of the Royal Armouries (Verlag)
978-0-948092-85-5 (ISBN)
CHF 85,90 inkl. MwSt
Royal Armouries Manuscript I.33 is the oldest-known manual of swordsmanship in the western canon. Dated to c.1310, it is a stunning work of late medieval art and the Armouries' most treasured manuscript. This new edition includes a critical introduction, transcription and translation by Jeffrey L. Forgeng, the foremost authority on I.33.
Royal Armouries Manuscript I.33, also known as the Tower Fechtbuch or the Walpurgis Manuscript, is the oldest-known manual of swordsmanship in the western canon. Dated to c.1310, it is a stunning work of late medieval art and the Armouries’ most treasured manuscript, one so famous it has become known simply by its shelf number: I.33. This new edition includes a critical introduction, transcription and translation by Jeffrey L. Forgeng, the foremost authority on I.33.

Jeffrey Forgeng serves as Curator of Arms & Armor and Medieval Art at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts and as adjunct professor of Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of multiple books on medieval and Renaissance history, and is one of just a handful of scholars with specialist knowledge of the martial arts techniques of the period. His work on the I.33 manuscript is internationally renowned.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 80 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort Leeds
Sprache englisch
Maße 230 x 300 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Antiquitäten
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 0-948092-85-8 / 0948092858
ISBN-13 978-0-948092-85-5 / 9780948092855
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