Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537 - 1571) was one of the most influential fencing masters of the Renaissance-a prolific writer of fencing manuals. In Art and Practice of 16th-Century German Fencing Robert Rutherfoord unpacks the complex and elegant art of Meyer's rapier in word and image, including over 200 "first person perspective" illustrations.

The Chronicle of the Bourbon Duke Louis II is translated here into English for the first time. A striking picture of the Hundred Years' War, it provides vivid descriptions of military life of the late 14th century. It spans the war against the English, the campaigns by the French in the Baltic region, Muslim North Africa and the Iberian peninsula.

In this volume Steven Muhlberger translates the historical accounts of the Combat of the Thirty and then examines both what contemporaries thought, and how the battle has been remembered through the centuries, giving readers a window into late medieval chivalric culture.

Robert Charrette here brings together his experience as a martial artist and respected 14th century historian to take readers on a tour of Fiore's manuscripts, and into the mindset behind its creation. This is a tool-kit that reveals Fiore dei Liberi's brilliance as a fighter, and as a martial arts teacher. Illustrated in b&w throughout.

First in new five-part series presenting full-colour facsimiles, transcriptions and translations of the early 15th-century manuscripts by Fiore dei Libere, considered to be the father of Italian swordsmanship. Includes chapters on his life, students, patrons, and arms and armour in the Getty Manuscript. 190 illus., 90 in col.

Ellis Amdur's writing on martial arts is ground-breaking. Completely revised and substantially expanded second edition. New material includes discussion of the transfer of esoteric power training from China to Japanese jujutsu systems, Japanese swordsmanship from the Kurama traditions, Daito-ryu and aikido. 202 b&w illus.

First publication of 1599 manuscript by Portuguese master-at-arms Domingo Luis Godinho entitled Arte de Esgrima (The Art of Fencing).Tim Rivera provides detailed introduction explaining Godinho's relationship to earlier sword masters, and a short primer on the various weapons, guards, parries, footwork and terminology of the tradition.22 b&w illus.

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.