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Book Synopsis
In late Victorian England, Captain Alfred Hutton and Egerton Castle, both devoted fencers and amateur historians, led a systematic study and reconstruction of combat with all the weapons of the Elizabethan arsenal. Their work found practical expression in classes, exhibitions, academic lectures and theatrical combat.
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Table of ContentsA Note on the Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Edgerton Castle Chapter 2: Alfred Hutton Chapter 3: The Kernoozers Club Chapter 4: Early Revivals and Grand Assaults-at-Arms Chapter 5: The First Generation Chapter 6: Exhibitions of Ancient Swordplay (1888-92) Chapter 7: Hutton's Cold Steel and Old Sword Play Chapter 8: Verie Many Weapons: More Exhibitions of Ancient Swordplay (1893-6) Chapter 9: Sword Fighting and Sword Play (1897-8) Chapter 10: The Headquarters of Ancient Swordplay: The Bartitsu Club (1899-1902) Chapter 11: Drawing to a Close (1902-8) Chapter 12: Last of the Old Swordsmen (1910-20) Chapter 13: Whither, Ancient Swordplay? Chapter 14: L'Escrime a Travers les Ages (A Return to Monnaie, 1894) Chapter 15: The Artistic Archaeology of Vanished Fighting Arts: Georges Dubois and l'Escrime Ancienne Gallery Appendix Selected Bibliography and Further Reading
