ISBN: 9780809315628 - methods and practice of elizabethan swordplay (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three 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 traditional English fencing masters and those embracing the new style, the growing concern with unregulated dueling, and the frequent references to rapier play in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.As producer Joseph Papp notes in his foreword, this is a book that "makes a difference in performance.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three 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 traditional English fencing masters and those embracing the new style, the growing concern with unregulated dueling, and the frequent references to rapier play in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.As producer Joseph Papp notes in his foreword, this is a book that "makes a difference in performance.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. fmc2%262D.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good - Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good - Fine. Reprint. An examination of the three existing Elizabethan fencing manuals published before 1600. 2nd print. Minimal wear. A very good or better copy.

Zustand: Sehr gut. 8°, 140 Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen, illustr. Originalleinen mit farbig illustr. Originaleumschlag - sehr guter Zustand - 1990. MA16769 ISBN: 0809315629 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 501.