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Topic: Tactica
Started by: Valthalion
Started on: 7/7/2004
Board: The Riddle of Steel

On 7/7/2004 at 12:54am, Valthalion wrote:
Tactica

Sword fighting Sources

Can anyone give me a list of Medieval/Rennaisance tactical manuals or point me to one

Regards

Valthalion

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On 7/7/2004 at 2:21am, Salamander wrote:
Re: Tactica

Valthalion wrote: Sword fighting Sources

Can anyone give me a list of Medieval/Rennaisance tactical manuals or point me to one

Regards

Valthalion


Well, they are all writen in old versions of Italian, Spanish, German, French and Olde/Middle English.

If you want to study them in detail, it would be a good idea to join a schül or schola or ecole to do so in earnest. Otherwise they are just some pictures and old words. :(

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On 7/7/2004 at 5:14am, Jake Norwood wrote:
RE: Tactica

Start with Sydney Anglo's "Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe," which is a survey of what's out there and what it all means. If you're talking more-or-less single combat.

jake

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