Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat -- Greenhill Military Paperbacks: A Fifteenth-century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-quarter Combat - Brossura

Talhoffer, Hans

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1853675822 ISBN 13: 9781853675829

Casa editrice: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, 2004

Riassunto

This brilliant and attractive book makes one of the most influential and lavishly-drawn fencing manuals of the Middle Ages available in English for the first time. The authentic fifteenth-century techniques of master of arms Hans Talhoffer are illustrated in detail, presenting not only a unique historic record but also a visual guide for modern practitioners. 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.

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Book by Hans Talhoffer

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• Editore: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1853675822
• ISBN 13: 9781853675829
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320