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As a window into the knight and his craft, In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts brings readers a treasure trove of historic combat treatises, musings on the culture and context of the martial arts in the late Middle Ages and hands-on training exercises for wrestling, dagger, falchion and poleaxe.
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Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements About the Author The Selohaar Fechtschule Preface Introduction Chickens and Eggs: Which Master Came First? Master Peter Falkner's Dagger "Lance, Spear, Sword, and Messer" The Messerfechten of Master Paulus Kal Hot, Wet, Cold, and Dry: the Four Guards A Late 15th Century German Poleaxe Treatise Master Paulus Kal's Four Hip Wrestlings Introduction to the Von Danzig Fechtbuch The Von Danzig Fechtbuch - 1452 Ownership and Catalogue Information Johannes Liechtenauer's Verse Epitome [Zettel] Anonymous Commentaries on Liechtenauer's Longsword Anonymous Commentaries on Liechtenauer's Mounted Combat Anonymous Commentaries on Liechtenauer's Armoured Combat Andres Lignitzer's Armoured Combat with the Half-Sword Andres Lignitzer's Sword and Buckler Combat Andres Lignitzer's Wrestling Andres Lignitzer's Dagger Techniques Martin Huntfeltz's Armoured Combat with the Half-Sword Martin Huntfeltz's Pinning Techniques in Armour Martin Huntfeltz's Dagger Techniques Martin Huntfeltz's Mounted Combat Ott's Wrestling Peter von Danzig's Commentary on Liechtenauer's Armoured Combat Glossary Bibliography
