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Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting an
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Wed May 26, 2004
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Necronos
Long-Haired Sword Guy
Registered: October 2002
Location: Bonn, Germany
Posts: 1324
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Review Date: Wed May 26, 2004
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Would you recommend the product? No |
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Review by Thomas Stoeppler aka Necronos
There is not so much to say about this book - the description itself is very accurate.
It is a historical document and one of the most often used references in historical fencing, showing fighting scenes and techniques of longsword, sword and buckler, messer, dagger and pole-axe, armored and unarmored, as well as grappling and a unique form of duel between man and woman.
Mark Rectors commentary and introduction is fairly short and some people may or may not agree with some of his very short translations/interpretations, however, his insights add greatly to the understanding whats going on in the pictures.
It is not meant as a book to teach fencing, although you can reconstruct and/or recognize the methods being shown, and some reenactment folks base most of their technical repertoire on the Talhoffer Plates.
I give this book a top rating because its generally a must-read for every fencer, and should be fascinating enough for anyone interested in the western martial tradition of the 14th and 15th century.
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