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

by Joachim Meyer

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 in Strassburg around 1568, is illustrated with thirty watercolor images and seven ink diagrams.

The text covers combat with the long sword (hand-and-a-half sword), dusack (a one-handed practice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473876753
• ISBN13: 9781473876750
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"