Schools and Masters of Fencing: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century - Brossura

Castle, Egerton

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486428265 ISBN 13: 9780486428260

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2003

Riassunto

First published in 1884, this volume is still widely considered the definitive work on fencing history and the art of European swordsmanship. The author, Egerton Castle, ranks as one of the three great Victorian scholars of the sword. Castle traces fencing from its roots in the unschooled brawling of the Middle Ages to its latter-day precision and refinement; he focuses particularly on the sixteenth-century development of the rapier and the weapon's popularity in Renaissance Italy, where Italian masters founded the modern art of swordsmanship. Abundantly illustrated, this long-out-of-print work will be warmly welcomed by scholars as well as fencing and sword enthusiasts.

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Edizione inglese - English Edition - «The standard reference on historical swordsmanship since its 1885 publication. The author traces fencing from its roots in the unschooled brawling of the Middle Ages to its latter-day precision and refinement, focusing primarily on the 16th-century development of the rapier and its popularity in Renaissance Italy. 150 black-and-white illustration.»

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0486428265
• ISBN 13: 9780486428260
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336