Hans Talhoffer, 1467
Talhoffer's 'Fechtbüch aus dem Jahre 1467' or 'Fencing Book of the Year 1467' was published in Prague 1887. The work is a catalog of fencing actions and consists of illustrations with short descriptions for the two-handed sword, sword and buckler, sword and shield, dagger, wrestling, pollaxe, judicial combat, and mounted combat. As well as some specialized forms for the judicial duel: double-ended dueling pavises used with sword or club, and man in a pit with a club woman with a rock in a sock.
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Released: November 9, 1998
Last modified: July 9, 2004