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Books & Magazines
NOW: FECHTSCHULEN
Matt Galas "On the After blow" in European Fencing Traditions
Kunst Fechter's blog article on "What exactly were the Fechtschulen?"
Kevin Maurer's blog article on "Who were the Freifechter?"
Christopher Amberger on Fechtschulen 16th-century Germany
Kevin Maurer's article on "Insights into the fechtschulen of the MarxBruder and Federfechter's Guilds"
"Did Medieval Commoners Practice with Fighting Masters?" by Hugh Knight
Discussion on "Fechtschule" on Swordforum
Wikipedia on Marxbr�der
Wikipedia on Federfechter
"Sechs Fechtschulen" by Karl Wassmansdorff - 1870
"Der Ritterlichen Freyen Kunst der Fechter" by Christoff R�sener (Master of the Longsword of the Brotherhood of St Marx) - 1589
Interesting images of sword grip and wrist angles (Updated).
Collection of images showing variations of Vom Tag
Map of locations related to fencing masters and landsknechts. (Work in progress)
Map of locations related to the Teutonic Order. (Work in progress)
Map of locations related to the Hanseatic League. (Work in progress)
Images of Wallhausen 1614: Training for battle field.
Manuscripts and Books.
Italian Medieval and Renaissance
Aggrippa Aggrippa_1553.pdf 9MB DallAgocchie DallAgocchie_1572.pdf 9MB DiGrassi DiGrassi_1570.pdf 13.5MB DiGrassi_1594.pdf 7MB DiGrassiHisTrueArte.pdf 14,5MB diGrassi.doc 283kB Salvator Fabris Fabris_1606.pdf 15MB Fiore Dei Liberi novati.pdf 42,4MB Lovino Lovino_1580.pdf 3,9MB Mancioino Manciolino_1531.pdf 5.5MB EngMANCIOLINO.pdf 68kB Marcelli Marcelli_1686.pdf 28MB Marozzo Marozzo_1536.pdf 16.5MB marozzo.pdf 34.7MB marozzo-presa.pdf 3MB marozzo-trans.pdf 243kB Viggiani Viggiani_1575.pdf 30MB
Modern interpretations