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Swordsmanship treaties, references and manuals: old european

Rank Title Author Added

1

Old Sword Play: Techniques of the Great Masters

by Alfred Hutton

127 members

3.8

Member: macoram

2

The Book of Swords

by Hank Reinhardt

96 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: aulsmith

3

Fighting with the German Longsword

by Christian Henry Tobler

93 members

½ 4.3

Member: macoram

4

The Renaissance Drill Book

by Jacob de Gheyn, II

80 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: macoram

5

Italian Rapier Combat: Ridolfo Capo Ferro

by Ridolfo Capo Ferro

74 members

5

Member: macoram

6

Medieval Sword & Shield: The Combat System of Royal Armouries MS I.33

72 members

3.8

Member: macoram

7

The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship

by Jeffrey L. Forgeng

71 members

½ 4.4

Member: macoram

8

Duellists Companion: A training manual for 17th century Italian rapier

69 members

5

Member: macoram

9

Arte of Defence: An Introduction to the Use of the Rapier

by William E. Wilson

66 members

½ 3.5

Member: macoram

10

Schools and Masters of Fencing: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century

by Egerton Castle

65 members

3.1

Member: macoram

11

Art of Dueling : Salvator Fabris' Rapier Fencing Treatise of 1606

by Salvator Fabris

56 members

1 review

4.9

Member: macoram

12

Academy of the Sword: wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation of a mysterious circle the theory and practice of the true and heretofore unknown secrets of handling arms on foot and horseback (1628),

by Gerard Thibault

56 members

½ 4.5

Member: macoram

13

Codex Wallerstein: A Medieval Fighting Book from the Fifteenth Century on the Longsword, Falchion, Dagger, and Wrestling

by Grzegorz Zabinski

54 members

4

Member: macoram

14

Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: 15th Century Swordsmanship of Master Fillipo

by Fillipo Vadi

51 members

4.8

Member: macoram

15

Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques

by William R. Short

51 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: macoram

16

Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay

by Craig Turner

48 members

Member: macoram

17

The Knightly Art of Battle

by Ken Mondschein

47 members

1 review

4

Member: macoram

18

Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword

by David Lindholm

44 members

5

Member: macoram

19

Teaching & Interpreting Historical Swordsmanship

by Brian R. Price

44 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: macoram

20

Sword in Two Hands: A Full-Color Modern Training Guide based on the Fior di Battaglia of Fiore dei Liberi

by Brian R. Price

39 members

½ 3.3

Member: macoram

21

Secrets of the Sword

by Baron Cesar De Bazancourt

38 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: macoram

22

The art of fencing : or, the use of the small sword

by Monsieur L'Abbat

37 members

1 review

Member: macoram

23

SPADA II: An Anthology of Swordsmanship

by Stephen Hand

36 members

½ 4.3

Member: macoram

24

Highland Swordsmanship : Techniques of the Scottish Swordmasters

35 members

½ 3.3

Member: macoram

25

Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Arts of Combat : Sword-and-Buckler Fighting, Wrestling, and Fighting in Armor

by David Lindholm

34 members

4

Member: macoram

26

Spada: An Anthology of Swordsmanship in Memory of Ewart Oakeshott

by Stephen Hand

33 members

5

Member: macoram

27

Polearms Of Paulus Hector Mair

by David James Knight

29 members

½ 3.5

Member: macoram

28

Three Elizabethan Fencing Manuals

by Giacomo Di Grassi

17 members

Member: macoram

29

A Complete Bibliography of Fencing & Duelling: As Practiced by All European Nations from the Middle Ages to the Present

by Carl A. Thimm

14 members

Member: macoram

30

Lannaireachd: Gaelic Swordsmanship

by Christopher Thompson

8 members

3.8

Member: macoram

31

Sword Fighting Basics

by Michael Shire

5 members

Member: macoram

32

Theory And Practice Of Fencing (1780)

by J. Mc Arthur

3 members

Member: macoram

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Started: macoram
September 2015
Type: Unnumbered

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