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This short text with beautiful watercolour illustrations dates from 1595, and details fencing with the single sword, rapier and dagger, rapier and buckler, halberd, and full pike. Schermkunst is one of the oldest known martial arts treatises from the Low Countries and provides a glimpse into the `Art of Defence’ as it was practiced during a particularly volatile time in Netherlands history.

Rebellion against Philip II of Spain led to independence of the Calvinist Northern provinces from Catholic Spain. In the same year, the spice trade expedition set into motion events culminating in the formation of the Dutch East India Company, and a golden age of Dutch history that spanned the 17th century.

The original anonymous manuscript is held in the special collections of the Newberry Library of Chicago












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Introduction Transcription, Translation and Illustrations Single Sword Fencing Rapier and Dagger Fencing Fencing with Dussack and Shield Rapier and Buckler Fencing Halberd Fencing Fencing with Pikes Bibliography

Swordplay: An anonymous illustrated Dutch

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      Publisher FreeLance Academy Press
      Published 30 October 2017
      ISBN-13 9781937439262
      978-1937439262
      ISBN-10 1937439267
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      Early modern warfare Combat sports and self-defence Fencing

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      This short text with beautiful watercolour illustrations dates from 1595, and details fencing with the single sword, rapier and dagger, rapier and buckler, halberd, and full pike. Schermkunst is one of the oldest known martial arts treatises from the Low Countries and provides a glimpse into the `Art of Defence’ as it was practiced during a particularly volatile time in Netherlands history.

      Rebellion against Philip II of Spain led to independence of the Calvinist Northern provinces from Catholic Spain. In the same year, the spice trade expedition set into motion events culminating in the formation of the Dutch East India Company, and a golden age of Dutch history that spanned the 17th century.

      The original anonymous manuscript is held in the special collections of the Newberry Library of Chicago












      Trade Review




      Table of Contents
      Introduction Transcription, Translation and Illustrations Single Sword Fencing Rapier and Dagger Fencing Fencing with Dussack and Shield Rapier and Buckler Fencing Halberd Fencing Fencing with Pikes Bibliography

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