Name: Schools and Masters of Fencing From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century
Author: Castle, Egerton
ISBN: 9780486428260

by Castle, Egerton

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

by Castle, Egerton

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ISBN-13: 9780486428260
ISBN: 0486428265
Publisher: Dover Pubns

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Castle, Egerton

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The standard reference on historical swordsmanship since its 1885 publication. The author traces fencing from its roots in the unschooled brawling of the Middle Ages to its latter-day precision and refinement, focusing primarily on the 16th-century development of the rapier and its popularity in Renaissance Italy. 150 black-and-white illustration.Castle, Egerton is the author of 'Schools and Masters of Fencing From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century' with ISBN 9780486428260 and ISBN 0486428265.

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