Historical Combat Resources

A translatio n of the 15th century two-hand sword manual known as "The Man that Wol." My aim in doing this transcript ion is to render the manual in a form in which it is easy to read, in the hope that this will make its interpreta tion easier.

Website includes essays, manuals, and more resources on western historical combat & martial arts.

Welcome to Reforging an Amazon, the site formerly known as Elizabetha n Mafia. My name is Alison and I am an avid costumer and a rabid historical martial arts and fencing enthusiast . My primary focus is Elizabetha n England but I branch out into most of the Early Modern English period. All the informatio n from Elizabetha n Mafia…

The Academy of the Sword centers on an assemblage of rare illustrate d books devoted to the subject of fencing and dueling, drawn (with one exception) from the library of the Arms and Armor Department of The Metropolit an Museum of Art. The title is taken from Girard Thibault's Académie de l'Éspée (Leiden, 1628), the most lavish fencing book ever produced, which was kindly lent by the Museum's Thomas J. Watson Library. Accompanyi ng the books and giving vivid impact to their illustrati ons are a selection of swords, rapiers, parrying daggers, bucklers, and other accoutreme nts, which follow the chronology of, and changes in, fighting styles depicted in the books.

A digital archive of historical combat treatises dating primarily from the Renaissance.

The free library of Historical European Martial Arts books and manuscript s. An excellent resource!