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The Art of Sword Combat : A 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship

Englisch · Fester Einband

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Informationen zum Autor Joachim Meyer was born in Basel in Switzerland in approximately 1537, possibly the son of Jacob Meyer, a stationer, and Anna Freund. He became a burgher of Strasbourg by marrying a widow in 1560, most likely during his apprenticeship as a cutler. He made a living as both a cutler and a professional fencer until 1570, in which year he published his Art of Combat - the book that made him famous. The making of this book, however, left him deeply indebted, and the search for potential buyers led him to leave Strasbourg and work as a Master-of-Arms at the court of the Duke of Schwerin. Unfortunately, he died shortly after his arrival, on 24 February 1571, at the age of just thirty-four, leaving the burden of his debt to his widow and brother-in-law. Klappentext Following the success of Jeffrey L. Forgeng's translation of Joachim Meyer's The Art of Sword Combat the author was alerted to an earlier recension of the work which was discovered in Lund University Library in Sweden. The manuscript, produced around 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolor images and seven ink diagrams. The text covers combat w Zusammenfassung First English translation of this rare manuscript to be published compiled by a leading expert in the field of medieval and Renaissance martial combat

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Autoren Joachim Meyer
Mitarbeit Jeffrey L. Forgeng (Übersetzung)
Verlag Pen & Sword Books Limited
 
Sprache Englisch
Produktform Fester Einband
Erschienen 30.06.2016
 
EAN 9781473876750
ISBN 978-1-4738-7675-0
Abmessung 165 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
Themen Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte
Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges
Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung

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