From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice: The Dagger Techniques of Fiore dei Liberi - Couverture souple

Windsor, Guy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1918229007 ISBN 13 : 9781918229004

Editeur : Spada Press, 2025

Synopsis

In the From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice series, renowned historical swordsman Guy Windsor demystifies one of the greatest martial arts books of all time, Fiore dei Liberi's Il Fior di Battaglia (The Flower of Battle).

In the late 14th century dei Liberi, an Italian knightly combat master, wrote Il Fior di Battaglia (The Flower of Battle). This magnificent illustrated manuscript described how to fight on foot and on horseback, in armour and without, with sword, spear, pollax, dagger, or with no weapon at all.

Dr. Windsor has spent the last twenty years studying Fiore's work and creating a modern practice of historical swordsmanship from it.

In this volume he takes you through all 76 of Fiore's dagger techniques. Each technique (or “play”) is shown with the drawing from the treatise, his transcription and translation of the text, his commentary on how it fits into the system and works in practice, and a link to a video of the technique in action. The book also contains a detailed introduction describing Fiore's life and times, and extensive discussion of the contexts in which Fiore's art belongs.

From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice: The Dagger Techniques of Fiore dei Liberi is essential reading for all martial artists, and historians of the medieval and early Renaissance.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Spada Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1918229007
• ISBN 13: 9781918229004
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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