| Historical European Combat Masters | |||||||||||
| By Marco borromei - www.marco-borromei.com | |||||||||||
| Updated on | 12/23/2008 20:25 | Check back often! | |||||||||
| Year | Region | Author | Title | Original Language | English Available? | SCA Rapier | SCA C&T | One handed sword | Two handed sword | Misc Other Weapons | Notes |
| 1295 | Germany | Anonymous | I.33 | German | "The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship: A Facsimile & Translation of Europe's Oldest Personal Combat Treatise, Ro Yal Armouries MS I.33 (Royal Armouries Monograph)" by Jeffrey L. Forgeng -ALSO- "Medieval Sword and Shield" by Paul Wagner and Stephen Hand | ? | y | y | sword and buckler | ||
| 1389 | Germany | Johannes Liechtenauer | Untitled | German | only portions survive through Liecht. Tradition Masters | Starts Liecht. Tradition | |||||
| 1410 | Italy | Fiore dei Liberi | Flower of Battle | Italian | "A Sword in Two Hands" by Brian Price and many other internet interpretations | ? | y | y | y | y | Starts Fiore Tradition |
| 1425 | Germany | Hans Talhoffer | Ambrasser codex | German | "Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat" by Hans Talhoffer | ? | y | y | y | y | Liecht. Tradition Master |
| 1440 | Germany | Sigmund Ringeck | Commentaries on Leichtenauer | German | "Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword" by David Lindholm and Peter Svard | ? | y | y | y | y | Liecht. Tradition Master |
| 1450 | Germany | Anonymous | Codex Wallerstien | German | illustrations only | y | y | y | |||
| 1482 | Italy | Filippo Valdi | On the Gladiatorial Art of fighting | Italian | "Vadi, Filippo. De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi" translated by Luca Porzio and Gregory Mele | y | y | y | y | Fiore Tradition Master | |
| 1536 | Italy | Achille Marozzo | New Text on the Art of Arms | Italian | some interpretation in "The Teachings of Marozzo By Giovanni Rapisardi Edited By William E. Wilson" | y | y | y | y | y | Early Bolognese Master |
| 1553 | Italy | Camillo Agrippa | The Science of Arms | Italian | some internet translation sites | y | y | y | Possible inspiration for Spanish styles | ||
| 1570 | Germany | Joachim Meyer | A Thorough Description of the Free Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing | German | "The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570" by Joachim Meyer and Jeffrey L. Forgeng | y | y | y | y | y | |
| 1612 | Germany | Jacob Sutor | A New Fencing Book | German | some internet translation sites | y | y | y | y | y | |
| 1570 | Italy | Giacomo di Grassi | His True Art | Italian | Bad 1594 english interpretation on the internet | y | y | y | y | y | Basis for SCA Rapier styles |
| 1572 | Italy | Giovanni dall'Agocchie | Dell'Arte Discrimia | Italian | Internet translations available at Marozzo.org (William Wilson, Tatershall) and SalvatorFabris.com (Tom Leoni and Steven Reich, Order of the Seven Hearts) | y | y | y | y | y | Last of the Bolognese Masters |
| 1573 | France | Henry de Sainct Didier | Treaty containing the secrets of the first book on the single sword | French | some internet translation sites; one english translation freely available | y | y | y | Only pre-1600 French master | ||
| 1582 | Spain | Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza | Philosophy of the arms | Spanish | some internet translation sites | y | y | y | references Agrippa | ||
| 1594 | Italy | Vincentio Saviolo | His Practice in Two Books | English | original | y | y | y | |||
| 1599 | England | George Silver | Paradoxes of Defence | English | original, also "MASTER OF DEFENCE - The Works of George Silver" by Paul Wagner | ? | y | y | y | ||
| 1605 | England | George Silver | Brief Instruction Upon My Paradoxes fo Defence | English | original, also "MASTER OF DEFENCE - The Works of George Silver" by Paul Wagner | ? | y | y | |||
| 1606 | Italy | Salvator Fabri | Sience and Practice of Arms | Italian | "ART OF DUELING - Salvatore Fabris" translated by Tommaso Leoni | y | y | y | Taught in Denmark, Copenhagen, tretise was a European best seller | ||
| 1606 | Italy | Nicoletto Giganti | School or Theater | Italian | some internet translation sites | y | y | y | |||
| 1610 | Italy | Ridolfo Capo Ferro | Great Representation of the Art and use of Fencing | Italian | "Italian Rapier Combat: Ridolfo Capo Ferro" by Jared Kirby | y | y | y | |||
| 1617 | England | Joseph Swetnam | The School of the Noble and Worthy Science | English | original | y | y | y | |||
| Notes: | |||||||||||
| ? - indicates that a greatly reduced interpretation of this system can be used in SCA Rapier: edge blows must beturned into soft draw cuts | |||||||||||
| SCA/Midrealm Teachers | |||||||||||
| I.33 | |||||||||||
| Liechtenauer Tradition | Baron Warder AElfred | ||||||||||
| Warder Uadahlrich | |||||||||||
| Master Warder Christian | |||||||||||
| Fiore Tradition | Warder Marco | ||||||||||
| Valdi | |||||||||||
| Marrozo | Master Warder Phillipe | ||||||||||
| Warder Marco | |||||||||||
| Agrippa | |||||||||||
| Meyer | Master Warder Christian | ||||||||||
| Sutor | |||||||||||
| di Grassi | Master Warder Christian | ||||||||||
| Warder Marco | |||||||||||
| dall'Agocchie | Sir LOGOS | ||||||||||
| Didier | Master Warder Phillipe | ||||||||||
| Master Warder Fiskr - Northshield | |||||||||||
| Carranza | |||||||||||
| Saviolo | Warder Zygmunt | ||||||||||
| Master Warder Phillipe | |||||||||||
| Silver | Baron Warder AElfred | ||||||||||
| Sir LOGOS | |||||||||||
| Warder Martyn | |||||||||||
| Fabris | Sir LOGOS | ||||||||||
| Giganti | Sir LOGOS | ||||||||||
| Capo Ferro | Sir LOGOS | ||||||||||
| Warder Anton | |||||||||||
| Warder Marco | |||||||||||
| Swetnam | Baron Warder AElfred | ||||||||||