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Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay
Turner, Craig, Soper, Tony
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Description for Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay
Paperback. Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares the only three existing Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600. In addition, it explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; WSTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares the only three existing Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassi’s His True Arte of Defense (1594), Vincentio Saviolo’s His Practice in Two Bookes (1595), and George Silver’s Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions Upon my Paradoxes of Defence (1599).
More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. The authors examine the rapier’s influence on the various social classes, the clash between the ... Read more
Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares the only three existing Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassi’s His True Arte of Defense (1594), Vincentio Saviolo’s His Practice in Two Bookes (1595), and George Silver’s Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions Upon my Paradoxes of Defence (1599).
More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. The authors examine the rapier’s influence on the various social classes, the clash between the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809335183
SKU
V9780809335183
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Turner, Craig, Soper, Tony
Craig Turner is Associate Professor of Theater at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. Tony Soper is an actor and fight director who has handled fight roles ranging from Shakespeare to samurai.
Reviews for Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay
I feel honored to be asked to comment on this splendid and absorbing book. [It] is an invaluable reference book for fight directors and all those involved in staging exhibitions of historical swordplay. I recommend it wholeheartedly."" —Patrick Crean, Fight Master of the Stratford, Ontario, Shakespeare Festival