Medieval Combat in Colour: Hans Talhoffer's Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat from 1467
Description
Hans Talhoffer's professional fencing manual of 1467 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.Combatants in the Middle Ages used footwork, avoidance, and the ability to judge and manipulate timing and distance to exploit and enhance the sword's inherent cutting and thrusting capabilities. These skills were supplemented with techniques for grappling, wrestling, kicking, and throwing the opponent, as well as disarming him by seizing his weapon. Every attack contained a defense and every defense a counter-attack. Talhoffer reveals the techniques for wrestling, unarmored fighting with the long sword, pole-axe, dagger, sword and buckler, and mounted combat.
This unparalleled guide to medieval combat, illustrated with 268 contemporary images, provides a glimpse of real people fighting with skill, sophistication, and ruthlessness. This is one of the most popular and influential manuals of its kind.
Product Details
Price
$34.95
$32.50
Publisher
Greenhill Books
Publish Date
February 28, 2019
Pages
320
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.2 X 0.7 inches | 1.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781784382858
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HANS TALHOFFER was a fifteenth-century German fencing master. He authored at least five fencing manuals and made his living teaching and training people for trial by combat. The Translator and editor, MARK RECTOR, is a world-renowned practitioner of historical swordsmanship.
Dierk Hagedorn works for the IT subsidiary of a large German airline for numerous creative issues such as user experience, interface and corporate design. He is an instructor for the long sword at Hammaborg, a club for historical fencing in Hamburg; he is also a passionate wearer of armour. He has transcribed 30 of the approximately 80 surviving fight books in the German language and made them available on the website of his club or published them in book form. Among his numerous publications are editions about the manuscripts by Peter von Danzig, Lew the Jew, Hans Talhoffer, and Jörg Wilhalm.