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Acta Periodica Duellatorum Volume 4 Issue 1

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Publisher: Walter de Gruyter - de Gruyter
ISSN: 2064-0404

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Investigation on the collation of the first Fight book (Leeds, Royal Armouries, Ms I.33)

Binard, Fanny; Jaquet, Daniel

2016 Acta Periodica Duellatorum

doi:10.1515/apd-2016-0001

Abstract This paper investigates the collation of the first Fight Book, the Leeds, Royal Armouries, Ms I.33. It critically reviews previous hypotheses about the composition of the quires and the identification of the material lacuna, and proposes a new hypothesis. This investigation is based on...
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A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)

Gassmann, Jürg

2016 Acta Periodica Duellatorum

doi:10.1515/apd-2016-0002

Abstract The period sees the transition of the ordinary fighter from feudal levy, yeoman or city burgher militia, to subject in an absolute polity, to today’s concept of the free citizen in a democratic state. In the period, the Swiss Confederacy was the only major polity that was not...
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The French staff material from Johann Georg Pasch

Dupuis, Olivier

2016 Acta Periodica Duellatorum

doi:10.1515/apd-2016-0003

Abstract Johann Georg Pasch was a very prolific author who published a large number of books during the third quarter of the seventeenth century. Some of these included physical exercises with a long staff and presented by Pasch himself as coming from France. Among all the known editions, four...
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The use of the saber in the army of Napoleon

Gevaert, Bert

2016 Acta Periodica Duellatorum

doi:10.1515/apd-2016-0004

Abstract Though Napoleonic warfare is usually associated with guns and cannons, edged weapons still played an important role on the battlefield. Swords and sabers could dominate battles and this was certainly the case in the hands of experienced cavalrymen. In contrast to gunshot wounds, wounds...
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Income and working time of a Fencing Master in Bologna in the 15 th and early 16 th century

Battistini, Alessandro; Corradetti, Niki

2016 Acta Periodica Duellatorum

doi:10.1515/apd-2016-0005

Abstract Since ancient times, the master-at-arms profession has always been considered essential for the education of the nobility and the common citizenship, especially in the Middle Ages. Yet, we know nothing about the real standard of living of these characters. The recent discovery of...
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Pole-weapons in the Sagas of Icelanders: a comparison of literary and archaeological sources

Orkisz, Jan H.

2016 Acta Periodica Duellatorum

doi:10.1515/apd-2016-0006

Abstract The Icelandic sagas are a major source of information on the Vikings and their fighting prowess. In these stories, several mysterious pole-weapons appear, which are often called “halberds”, for lack of a better word. In order to better identify what these weapons could have been, and to...
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Two late flying prints informing on the artist involved in the Opera Nova of Achille Marozzo and on the date of an original (lost) edition?

Gotti, Roberto; Jaquet, Daniel

2016 Acta Periodica Duellatorum

doi:10.1515/apd-2016-0007

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