| Schools and Masters of Fence: From the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century Contributor(s): Castle, Egerton (Author) |
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ISBN: 1428609407 ISBN-13: 9781428609402 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: The standard reference on historical swordsmanship since its 1885 publication, this volume is still widely considered the definitive work on fencing history and the art of European swordsmanship. The author 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 16th-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 legendary work, long out-of-print, will be of great interest to scholars as well as fencing and sword enthusiasts. Unabridged republication of the classic 1885 edition. 150 black-and-white illus. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Fencing - History | Military - General - Education | History |
| Dewey: 796.86 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6" W x 9" (1.59 lbs) 496 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |
