Sword Measurement Protocol
In this post I share a detailed measurement protocol for swords and a measuring sheet that are intended to facilitate the collection of new data.
Tales of the French duels: Duel des Mignons
The accounts of the famous Duel des Mignons in 1578.
Tales of the French duels: Blame the Italians
An excerpt of Brantôme’s Discours sur les Duels, tracing the origins of the new duelling habits to Naples.
Tales of the French duels
This post is an introduction for a series of contemporary accounts of late 16th century French duels.
Minimum effort, maximum efficiency
In this article, I discuss the widespread principle ‘minimum effort, maximum efficiency’ and how it should be handled with care…
Lovino est en ligne
Le manuscrit de Lovino est disponible en ligne !
Lovino is online
The Lovino manuscript is now online!
Intent of attacks
This post contains some discussion of a thought-provoking article: What is intent?
Study of various historical rapiers
Guillaume Vauthier has compiled and analyzed a great amount of publicly available data on rapiers, and has kindly allowed me to host it here.
Etude de rapières historiques
Guillaume Vauthier a réalisé une grande compilation et analyse des données publiques disponibles sur de nombreuses rapières, et m’a permis d’héberger cet article ici.