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Art of Sword Combat: 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship

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Beschreibung

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
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4738-7675-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandGebunden
Erscheinungsdatum22.06.2016
Seiten144 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Illustrationen32 illustrations
Artikel-Nr.37546973
WarengruppeEnglish Non Fiction
DetailwarengruppeEnglish Non Fiction A-Z
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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.