{"id":106,"date":"2013-12-28T20:02:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T19:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2013-12-28T20:02:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T19:02:39","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/links\/","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some useful links that I use very often. These are in no particular order!<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<p>Historical sources are at the heart of HEMA, knowing where to find them is essential!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiktenauer.com\/\">Wiktenauer<\/a>: A go-to place for free images and translations<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fioredeiliberi.org\/phpBB3\/viewforum.php?f=25\">Sources at the Schola forum<\/a>: A link collection for many reproductions of original treatises, all the way to the 20th century<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umass.edu\/renaissance\/lord\/collection.html\">The Raymond J. Lord Collection<\/a>: Many quality PDFs of original treatises, 16th &#8211; 18th century<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freelanceacademypress.com\/\">Freelance Academy Press<\/a>: Publishers of translations and interpretations of source texts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fallenrookpublishing.co.uk\/\">Fallen Rook Publishing<\/a>: Publishers of translations and interpretations of source texts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gear<\/h2>\n<p>Gear for historical fencing is getting widely available, here are a few companies and individuals craftsmen that are more or less unavoidable in this market (and still in business!), and that I personally own products from.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/albion-swords.com\/\">Albion Swords<\/a>: Makers of top quality weapons, mainly medieval with relatively simple hilts. They are using designs by Peter Johnsson, a famous sword researcher, hence they are supposed to be close to historical swords if not perfect reproductions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armor.com\/\">Arms &amp; Armor<\/a>: High quality sharps and trainers, production pieces and custom work too. Notable for their complex hilts, very close to original pieces<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.malleusmartialis.com\/\">Malleus Martialis<\/a>: Some very nice training gear especially for 16th century Italian fencing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkwoodarmory.com\/\">Darkwood Armory<\/a>: Famous for their training rapiers, with a choice of production hilts and blades<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/histfenc.com\/\">Histfenc<\/a>: HEMA-specific protective gear, the jackets are especially nice<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pbthistoricalfencing.com\/\">PBT historical fencing<\/a>: A sport fencing company now doing good HEMA protections too<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Blogs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hroarr.com\/\">HROARR<\/a>: A very big general HEMA blog, managed by Roger Norling with lots of guest authors<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.marozzo.com\/\">Marozzo.com<\/a>: Ilkka Hartikainen&#8217;s thoughts, with a big focus on Bolognese swordsmanship<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lecarousseldesamhe.wordpress.com\/\">Le Caroussel des AMHE<\/a>: A french blog with many insights on source interpretation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithfarrell.net\/blog\/\">Keith Farrell&#8217;s blog<\/a>: Interesting thoughts on training and methodology in general<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lartedellarmi.wordpress.com\/\">L&#8217;arte dell&#8217;Armi<\/a>: A French blog about Italian Renaissance fencing (written by Didier de Grenier and Micha\u00ebl Huber, ex-ARDAMHE)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nimico.org\/\">Nimico<\/a>: Another French blog about Italian Renaissance fencing (written by Aur\u00e9lien Calonne, REGHT)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swordstem.com\/\">Sword STEM<\/a>: Articles about the scientific aspects of swords and swordsmanship (written by Sean Franklin)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lectureetcombat.home.blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lecture &amp; Combat<\/a>: A French blog with a more German focus (written by Thomas Rivi\u00e8re, Chapitre des Armes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Discussion forums<\/h2>\n<p>Forums are a bit quiet these days due to the competition from the Face-thing, but these are still well worth a visit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myarmoury.com\">MyArmoury<\/a>: The place to discuss arms and armour, and a wealth of articles and featured content as well!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hemaforums.com\/\">HEMA Alliance Forum<\/a>: One of the most active forums about HEMA, international but with a bit of a North-American focus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fioredeiliberi.org\/phpBB3\/\">Schola Gladiatoria Forum<\/a>: Another active forum, international as well but this time with more of a European focus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amheonweb.net\/forum\/index.php\">AMHE on web<\/a>: A French forum&#8230; with a French focus, of course!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some useful links that I use very often. These are in no particular order! Sources Historical sources are at the heart of HEMA, knowing where to find them is essential! Wiktenauer: A go-to place for free images and translations Sources at the Schola forum: A link collection for many reproductions of original treatises,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.subcaelo.net\/ensis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}