Schools and Masters of Fencing

ISBN: 9780486428260

出版年: 2003-5

页数: 336

定价: $ 19.15

内容简介

The standard reference on historical swordsmanship since its 1885 publication. The author traces fencing from its roots in the unschooled brawling of the Middle Ages to its latter-day precision and refinement, focusing primarily on the 16th-century development of the rapier and its popularity in Renaissance Italy. 150 black-and-white illustration.