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Ken Mondschein/ Daggers of the Mind (1998) P
Ken Mondschein/ Daggers of the Mind (1998) p. 1/38 Daggers of the Mind: Towards a Historiography of Fencing Ken Mondschein If historians from Karl Marx to Michel Foucault have dealt with conflict between dominant and subordinate groups as a primary theme in their work, it is arguably because of their European background. The notion of social class, it has oft been noted, is more in the fore of the French, British, or German mind than it is in the American. After all, one often-admired quality of American society is its supposed “egalitarianism.” The United States has had a civil war, but never a revolt of the plebes.1 Therefore, to the American-born student of European history, living in an ostensibly classless society, conflict and competition between social equals would seem to be a more authentically pressing issue than conflict between social classes. Fencing—that is, a systematized method of civilian use of the sword, for both agonistic and antagonistic purposes—is a virtual repository of attitudes, norms, and codes for such dealings between social equals. It is, after all, rooted in the reality of the duel, the antagonistic and ritualistic combat between two adversaries, intended to settle a question of honor; that is to say, of social status amongst one’s peers.2 Through the bourgeois appropriation of aristocratic, 1 Though many of the events of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, from Bobby Seale at the Democratic National Party Convention of 1968 to the “Battle of Seattle” in 1999, have come close. 2 We must here differentiate between the era of fencing practiced before the French Revolution, in which the sword was still worn as an article of masculine dress, as well as the “classical” era of fencing of the 19th and early 20th 1 Ken Mondschein/ Daggers of the Mind (1998) p. -
REBIRTH, REFORM and RESILIENCE Universities in Transition 1300-1700
REBIRTH, REFORM AND RESILIENCE Universities in Transition 1300-1700 Edited by James M. Kittelson and Pamela J. Transue $25.00 REBIRTH, REFORM, AND RESILIENCE Universities in Transition, 1300-1700 Edited by James M. Kittelson and Pamela]. Transue In his Introduction to this collection of original essays, Professor Kittelson notes that the university is one of the few institutions that medieval Latin Christendom contributed directly to modern Western civilization. An export wherever else it is found, it is unique to Western culture. All cultures, to be sure, have had their intellec tuals—those men and women whose task it has been to learn, to know, and to teach. But only in Latin Christendom were scholars—the company of masters and students—found gathered together into the universitas whose entire purpose was to develop and disseminate knowledge in a continu ous and systematic fashion with little regard for the consequences of their activities. The studies in this volume treat the history of the universities from the late Middle Ages through the Reformation; that is, from the time of their secure founding, through the period in which they were posed the challenges of humanism and con fessionalism, but before the explosion of knowl edge that marked the emergence of modern science and the advent of the Enlightenment. The essays and their authors are: "University and Society on the Threshold of Modern Times: The German Connection," by Heiko A. Ober man; "The Importance of the Reformation for the Universities: Culture and Confessions in the Criti cal Years," by Lewis W. Spitz; "Science and the Medieval University," by Edward Grant; "The Role of English Thought in the Transformation of University Education in the Late Middle Ages," by William J. -
Schools and Masters of Fence
This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com SchoolsandmastersoffencefromtheMiddleagestoeighteenthcentury EgertonCastle ■ . _> i SCHOOLS SCHO & MASTERS WITH OF FENCE. JLLUSi EGERTON CASTLE. G. BELL AND SONS. 1885. S* r SCHOOLS AND MASTERS OF FENCE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY I SCHOOLS AND MASTERS OF FENCE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WITH A SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ART OF FENCING WITH THE RAPIER AND THE SMALL SWORD AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FENCING ART DURING THAT PERIOD ILLUSTRATED WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF OLD ENGRAVINGS AND CARBON-PLATES OF ANCIENT SWORDS BY EGERTON CASTLE, M. A. Con Brcvetto di Nomina a Maestro di Scherma LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET COVENT GARDEN 1885 \The right of translation is reserved.] ' -- /. .j 1 j -1FEB35 CHISWICK PRESS :— C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. INSCRIBED TO BARON DE COSSON AND CAPTAIN A. HUTTON, IN RECOLLECTION OF MANY PLEASANT HOURS SPENT, WITH THE FORMER AMONG OLD BOOKS AND OLD ARMS, WITH THE LATTER IN THE FENCING ROOM, FOIL IN HAND. PREFACE. WORK of this kind must necessarily contain a great deal of" mere compilation, but considering that so little has been written on the subject, and that the early books of Fence are so difficult to find and really such tiresome reading to anyone who seeks intelligible i) information in their pages, I venture to hope that — however sketchy and superficial — this book may prove of some interest to lovers of ancient arms as well as to the votaries of the fencing school. -
The Art of Arms Or the Most Certain Method of Usefully Using the Sword
The Art of Arms or The most certain method of usefully using the sword, either for attack or for defence, simplified and demonstrated in all its understanding and perfection, following the best principles of Theory and actual practice adopted in France. A necessary work for young nobility, the military and those who are destined for service of the King, even persons who, by the distinction of their status, or by their duties, are obliged to carry a sword; & all those who want to be in the profession of arms. Dedicated to SAS Monseigneur the Prince of Conty By M. Danet, squire, Trustee of the Orders of the Company of Masters, as made by the Royal Academy of Arms in the town & Fauxbourgs of Paris. Paris MDCCLXVI with the approval and privilege of the King To his highest and most serene Monseigneur The Prince of Conty Sire, With weapons, valour has no reason to exist. It is those that became the first nobility, & by those that acquire true honour, first of the heroes: but weapons, without method & without skill, can most often harm rather than serve. Bravery is no more powerful when it is opposed by the same bravery; & if it is that the weapons are equal, it is not magnanimity that creates triumph, but uniquely dexterity which procures the noble exercise of fencing with arms, given principles, while giving vivacity, suppleness, precision & steadiness, supporting a natural intrepidness, inspiring confidence which one desires, & learning what one must do & what must be avoided in attack & defence. As it appears to me, Sire, that we have up until the present only superficially established the rules of this Art; & that an also intelligible method for everyone, that is easy to follow, was to desire upon this part of instruction the most essential for a man of the sword, I have sought to make known all the true elements. -
The Will of Simon Jewell and the Queen's Men Tours in 1592
Early Theatre 16.1 (2013), 11–30 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12745/et.16.1.2 Chiaki Hanabusa The Will of Simon Jewell and the Queen’s Men Tours in 1592 The will of Simon Jewell, a player of the Queen’s Men who died in August 1592, was first discovered in 1974. The will, filled with information about the com- pany’s finances, has since been recognized as an invaluable source of evidence documenting useful details of the financial costs of an Elizabethan theatrical company. Despite its value as a historical document, however, the will has so far received somewhat cursory attention. This essay discusses this invaluable historical document with more careful attention to its details. It focuses on the company’s costs and the actor’s personal network in and outside the company, and investigates an implied local performance of the Queen’s Men tours in the summer of 1592 in order to clarify its significance for theatre history. Simon Jewell as a Queen’s Men player The will of Simon Jewell, a player of the Queen’s Men who died in August 1592, was first discovered by Mary Edmond in 1974.1 The will is dated 19 August 1592 (see figure 1 for a reproduction of the will). His death seems to have followed shortly after the will was completed, as Jewell was buried at St Leonard Shoreditch on 21 August. His colleagues finally administered his will on 23 August.2 Critics have since recognized the will, filled with information about the company’s finances in which one of its sharers was involved, as an invaluable source of evidence documenting useful details of the financial costs of an Elizabethan theatrical company.3 Despite its value as a historical document, however, the will has so far received somewhat cursory attention. -
2018 School Visit Resource Information
2018 School Visit Resource Information For the student Renaissance Challenge “The unique program that makes history come alive” 2008 Winner of the Florida Festival and Events “Best Community Partnership Award!!!” Table of Contents Using this Packet ..................................................................................................................... 3 IMPORTANT NOTE OF CONDUCT ........................................................................................... 4 FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................. 5 Renaissance Match-Up ....................................................................................... 5 Encampment Visit ............................................................................................... 5 Birds of Prey ....................................................................................................... 5 Jousting ............................................................................................................... 5 Paladin Society ................................................................................................... 5 Audience Participation Renaissance Dancing ..................................................... 5 Historical Glassworks .......................................................................................... 5 Stage Show Entertainment .................................................................................. 5 RENAISSANCE MATCH-UP .................................................................................................... -
Getting Punchy Fist-Fighting, Wrestling and Fight-Books
Getting Punchy Fist-Fighting, Wrestling and Fight-Books by Jeffrey Hull Often and somewhat understandably, one may find this kind of question at various forums for Medieval and Renaissance German Kunst des Fechtens (art of fighting / martial arts): Why are the knights in the fight-books never fist-fighting but instead wrestling? There are some unarmed strikes amid the wrestling and dueling of Kunst des Fechtens in the fechtbücher (fight- books / fencing manuals) of the 14th to 16th Century. Indeed, the single ubiquitous term for a variety of strikes was stöss. This was and is a highly dynamic, quite contextual and often-mistranslated word; which was used in both unarmoured & armoured, unarmed & armed combatives; and which could mean “punch, kick, pummel, strike” or alternately “push, shove” – thus any sort of violent “jolt” – and only rarely “thrust / stab [with blade-point]”. So we find in the fight-books a variety of weaponless strikes: jabs to body as per Codex Wallerstein (1380-90 & 1450s) and Hugues Wittenwiller (late 15th Century); kicks to groin, belly, knees & shins, as per Sigmund Ringeck (1438-40), Hans Talhoffer (1459 & 1467) Peter von Danzig (1452) and Paulus Kal (1460-70); head-butts as per Ringeck; punches to face as per Von Danzig; various “death-strikes” or “murder-jolts” (mort stöss) done to heart, groin, skull, throat/clavicles & belly of Ringeck; all congruous with the “forbidden wrestling” (vorboten ringen) of Döbringer & Von Danzig, the “murder-techniques” (mortstück) of Codex Wallerstein and “secret techniques” (verporgen stück) of Albrecht Dürer (1512), thus arm-breaks, leg-breaks, knee-kicks, bollix-kicks, finger-wrenches, eye-gouges, ear-grabs, nose-crunches, strangles and throat-presses; plus unterhalten (holding down / ground-work) as dealt with by Martein Hundtfeltz (1452), MS KK5013 (1425-30), Gladiatoria (1435-40), Ringeck, Von Danzig & Talhoffer; plus ubiquitous covers & blocks versus strikes. -
Pre-ICT and Nationals Open/Minnesota Open 2019 (PIANO/MO)
Pre-ICT and Nationals Open/Minnesota Open 2019 (PIANO/MO): “What about bad subject matter? Or a bad title drop, even? That could kill a tournament pretty good.” Written and edited by Jacob Reed, Adam Silverman, Sam Bailey, Michael Borecki, Stephen Eltinge, Adam S. Fine, Jason Golfinos, Matt Jackson, Wonyoung Jang, Michael Kearney, Moses Kitakule, Shan Kothari, Chloe Levine, John Marvin, and Derek So, with Joey Goldman and Will Holub-Moorman. Packet 1 Tossups 1. Macrophages in this organ accumulate lipofuscin [LIE-poh-FYOO-shin] and turn it black in a melanosis caused by anthra·quinone toxicity. Nicolaes Tulp gave everybody an anatomy lesson by discovering a valve leading into this organ. Cancer in this organ, which can be diagnosed by elevated M2-pyruvate kinase, progresses through a cycle of APC mutation, K-ras accumulation, and p53 loss in the textbook example of the multi-hit model. This organ’s walls contain pouches called (*) haustra and are inflamed in diverticulitis. Biotin is synthesized in this organ, where phyllo·quinone turns into mena·quinone, also known as active vitamin K. Cancers of this organ progress from polyps to adenomas to carcinomas and are detected using fecal occult blood, a sigmoidoscope, or a camera inserted up the anus. For 10 points, name this organ that extracts water from digested food and ends in the rectum. ANSWER: large intestines [or colon; or cecum; accept rectum until mentioned; prompt on gut or intestines] <AS> 2. The upper right-hand corner of one section of this work depicts a seated man in a purple robe who sips a glass of wine while staring at a green-and-red, lion-like monster. -
SCOUT PATCH PROGRAM Deerfield Beach
SCOUT PATCH PROGRAM Deerfield Beach “The unique program that makes history come alive” 2008 Winner of the Florida Festival and Events “Best Community Partnership Award!!!” Table of Contents ABOUT THE SCOUT PATCH PROGRAM ..................................................................... 3 PREPARING FOR THE FLORIDA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL .................................... 4 SCOUT PATCH REQUIREMENT FORM ....................................................................... 5 IMPORTANT NOTE OF CONDUCT ............................................................................... 6 ACTIVITIES SUMMARY ................................................................................................. 7 Required Activities: ............................................................................................... 7 ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. SCOUT’S RENAISSANCE CHALLENGE ...................................................................... 8 FESTIVAL ENCAMPMENTS .......................................................................................... 9 ANGER OF THE MISTRESS-TREBUCHET .............................................. 9 THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE ....................................................................... 9 TUATHA DE DONNEN .............................................................................. 9 MACLAINE MILITARIE ECOLE .............................................................. 10 DWARVSONG ........................................................................................