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Reading List-Swordsmanship.Qxd Recommended Reading List on Medieval Swordsmanship Arte Gladitoria Dimicandi: 15th Century Swordsmanship of Master Fillipo Vadi by Fillipo Vadi, Luca Porzio (available from Amazon.com) The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship: A Facsimile & Translation of Europe's Oldest Personal Combat Treatise, Royal Armouries MS I.33 (Royal Armouries Monograph) by Jeffrey L. Forgeng (available from Amazon.com) Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques by John Clements (available from Amazon.com) Medieval Sword & Shield: The Combat System of Royal Armouries MS I.33 by Paul Wagner, Stephen Hand, Julian Kelsey (available from Amazon.com) Italian Medieval Swordsmanship: Flos Duellatorum of Fiore De Liberi, Interpretations by Fiore De Liberi, Bob Charron (available from Amazon.com) Italian Medieval Swordsmanship: Fiore de Liberi's Flos Duellatorum, Volume 1--fascimile & translation by Fiore De Liberi, Bob Charron (available from Amazon.com) Italian Medieval Swordsmanship the Flos Duellatorum of Fiore Dei Liberi: Facsimile and Translation; Interpretations [BOX SET] by Fiore Dei Liberi, Bob Charron (available from Amazon.com) Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat -- Greenhill Military Paperbacks (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) by Hans Talhoffer (available from Amazon.com) Medieval Combat A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat by Hans Talhoffer; Translated by Mark Rector; Introduction by John Clements (available from Amazon.com) © 2005 Albion Armorers, Inc. albion-swords.com Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship: Sigmund Ringeck's Commentaries on Liechtenauer by Christian Henry Tobler, Sigmund Ringeck, Henry Tobler, Johann Liechtenauer, Sachsische Landesbibliothek--Staats- Und Universitatsbibliothek dresde (available from Amazon.com) Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword by David Lindholm, Peter Svard (available from Amazon.com) Teaching & Interpreting Historical Swordsmanship by Brian R. Price (available from Amazon.com) Fighting with the German Longsword by Christian Henry Tobler (available from Amazon.com) Spada: An Anthology of Swordsmanship in Memory of Ewart Oakeshott by Ewart Oakeshott, Gregory Mele, Stephen Hand, Steven Hick, Paul Wagner, Brian R. Price, Russell Mitchell, John Clements, William E. Wilson, Ramon Martinez (available from Amazon.com) The Swordman's Companion: A Manual for Training With the Medieval Longsword by Guy Windsor (available from Amazon.com) Old Sword-Play: Techniques of the Great Masters by Alfred Hutton, Maestro Ramon Martinez (available from Amazon.com) Italian Rapier Combat by Ridolfo Capo Ferro, Jared Kirby, Ramon Martinez, Jeannette Acosta-Martinez (available from Amazon.com) Arte of Defence: An Introduction to the Use of the Rapier by William Wilson (available from Amazon.com) Schools and Masters of Fencing : From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century by Egerton Castle (available from Amazon.com) Codex Wallerstein : A Medieval Fighting Book from the Fifteenth Century on the Longsword, Falchion, Dagger, and Wrestling by Grzegorz Zabinski, Bartlomiej Walczak (available from Amazon.com) © 2005 Albion Armorers, Inc. albion-swords.com Sword Fighting: A Manual for Actors and Directors by Keith Ducklin, John Waller (available from Amazon.com) Swashbuckling: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Art of Stage Combat and Theatrical Swordplay by Richard J. Lane, Limelight Editions, Richard Lane (available from Amazon.com) Actors on Guard: A Practical Guide for the Use of the Rapier and Dagger for Stage and Screen by Dale Girard, Dale Anthony Girard (available from Amazon.com) The Secret History of the Sword by J. Christoph Amberger (available from Amazon.com) Sword Fighting Basics by Michael Shire, Rob Valentine (available from Amazon.com) Renaissance Swordsmanship: The Illustrated Book Of Rapiers And Cut And Thrust Swords And Their Use by John Clements (available from Amazon.com) Highland Swordsmanship: Techniques of the Scottish Sword Masters by Sir William Hope, Donald McBane, Mark Rector, Paul Wagner (available from Amazon.com) Highland Broadsword: Five Manuals of Scottish Regimental Swordsmanship by Paul Wagner, Mark Rector (available from Amazon.com) Lannaireachd: Gaelic Swordsmanship by Christopher Thompson (available from Amazon.com) Slash And Thrust by John Sanchez (available from Amazon.com) Book Of The Tournament by Brian R. Price (available from Amazon.com) . © 2005 Albion Armorers, Inc. albion-swords.com.
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