Marozzo’s Spada sola – Cap. 95 & 96
This post outlines my current interpretation of the first actions found in Marozzo’s sword alone section, started in the context of an online form tournament.
Analysis of historical sources about combat
This post outlines my current interpretation of the first actions found in Marozzo’s sword alone section, started in the context of an online form tournament.
This post contains an English translation of the French tournament rules found in Labat’s treatise.
A complete scan of Federico Ghisliero’s treatise is online!
This post contains my long overdue interpretation of Silver’s concept of true and false times, using the Aristotelian notion of first movers.
The accounts of the famous Duel des Mignons in 1578.
An excerpt of Brantôme’s Discours sur les Duels, tracing the origins of the new duelling habits to Naples.
This post is an introduction for a series of contemporary accounts of late 16th century French duels.
Le manuscrit de Lovino est disponible en ligne !
The Lovino manuscript is now online!
Ce court article est une discussion des conseils de Viggiani sur l’entraînement avec des armes tranchantes, focalisé sur les différences entre les contextes historiques et modernes.