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The Dueling Sword

Author : Claude La Marche
Publisher : Paladin Press
ISBN 13 : 9781581607123
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Dueling Sword written by Claude La Marche and published by Paladin Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1884, Claude La Marche's L'Épeé was the first book ever written on the use of the épeé, the dueling sword of the 19th century. The book in no way deals with the modern Olympic sport of épeé fencing—rather, it covers in a passionate narrative style the rituals and techniques of combat dueling with the sword, "the war of surprises" that is the épeé bout. This first English translation of La Marche's masterpiece by fencing expert Brian House, The Dueling Sword delivers not only a valuable treatise on historical sword fighting but extraordinary insights into the psychological stress of individual combat. La Marche writes, "the art of the épée is essentially a psychological art," and in his book he provides a comprehensive, integrated system for producing stress in the opponent and conditioning one's self to stress during a duel. Through detailed instruction in the guards, attacks, parries, ripostes, and counters, La Marche drives the reader toward the goal of practical combative fencing: the well-directed, surprising thrust to the opponent's body. The Dueling Sword is a pioneering work in the study of human psychology under stress and a fascinating manual on the traditional combat duel, "a meeting whose outcome is without appeal."

Politics of the Sword

Author : Steven C. Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814257289
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Politics of the Sword written by Steven C. Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gentlemen's Blood

Author : Barbara Holland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596918098
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen's Blood written by Barbara Holland and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-13 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Never, never, did I imagine that dueling could be so enthralling, outrageous, gruesome, tragic, and, yes, ridiculous...Lively humor and sparkling prose." -Wall Street Journal The medieval justice of trial by combat evolved into the private duel by sword and pistol, with thousands of honorable men-and not-so-honorable women-giving lives and limbs to wipe out an insult or prove a point. The duel was essential to private, public, and political life, and those who followed the elaborate codes of procedure were seldom prosecuted and rarely convicted-for, in fact, they were obeying a grand old tradition. Based on her fascinating 1997 Smithsonian article, Barbara Holland's Gentlemen's Blood is the first trade book to trace the remarkable, often gruesome, sometimes comical history of the Western tradition of defending one's honor.

Touché

Author : John Leigh
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674504380
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book Touché written by John Leigh and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the West’s best writers fought in duels or wrote about them, seduced by glamour or risk or recklessness. A gift as a plot device, the duel also offered a way to discover how we face fears of humiliation, pain, and death. John Leigh’s literary history of the duel illuminates these and other tensions attending the birth of the modern world.

Dueling

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230624563
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Dueling written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Code duello, European dueling sword, List of duels, Burr-Hamilton duel, Tournament, Trial by combat, Jousting, Broderick-Terry duel, Battle of Valdevez, Holmgang, Les Mignons, Bladensburg Dueling Grounds, Truel, Thomas Overton, Knife fight, Battle of egos, Delope, The Last Duel, Randolph outrage. Excerpt: A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules. Duels in this form were chiefly practiced in Early Modern Europe, with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period (19th to early 20th centuries) especially among military officers. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly fought with swords (the rapier, later the smallsword, and finally the French foil), but beginning in the late 18th century and during the 19th century, duels were more commonly fought using pistols, but fencing and pistol duels continued to co-exist throughout the 19th century. The code of the honourable duel surrounded the notion of honour. Duels were fought not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction," that is, to restore one's honour by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it, and as such the tradition of duelling was reserved to the male members of nobility, in the modern era extendend to those of the upper classes more generally. From the early 17th century duels were often illegal in Europe, though in most societies where duelling was socially accepted, participants in a fair duel were not prosecuted, or if they were, not convicted. German students fighting a sabre duel, around 1900, painting by Georg Muhlberg (1863-1925)In Western society, the formal concept of a duel developed out of the mediaeval judicial duel and older pre-Christian practices such as the Viking...

The Magnolia Sword

Author : Sherry Thomas
Publisher : Sherry Thomas
ISBN 13 : 163128035X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Magnolia Sword written by Sherry Thomas and published by Sherry Thomas. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHINA, 484 A.D. A Warrior in Disguise All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated decades earlier, and avenge her father, who was paralyzed in his own duel. Then a messenger from the Emperor arrives, demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north. Mulan’s father cannot go. Her brother is just a child. So she ties up her hair, takes up her sword, and joins the army as a man. A War for a Dynasty Thanks to her martial arts skills, Mulan is chosen for an elite team under the command of the princeling—the royal duke’s son, who is also the handsomest man she’s ever seen. But the princeling has secrets of his own, which explode into Mulan’s life and shake up everything she knows. As they cross the Great Wall to face the enemy beyond, Mulan and the princeling must find a way to unwind their past, unmask a traitor, and uncover the plans for the Rouran invasion…before it’s too late. Inspired by wuxia martial-arts dramas as well as the centuries-old ballad of Mulan, The Magnolia Sword is a thrilling, romantic, and sharp-edged novel that lives up to its beloved heroine.

Polish Saber

Author : Richard Marsden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781950626076
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Polish Saber written by Richard Marsden and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polish Saber - The use of the Polish Saber on foot in the 17th century covers the history, anecdotes and use of Poland's iconic weapon. In matters of honor and personal safety the saber was the Polish nobleman's choice of arms. The concept of the duel, the form and function of the weapon, as well as source material from Poland, Italy and Germany are blended together in an interpretation presented in full-color. The work is suitable for history enthusiasts, Historical European Martial Artists and re-creationists who wish to explore Poland's Commonwealth and the weapon that symbolized its nobility.

Foil and Sabre

Author : Louis Rondelle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Foil and Sabre written by Louis Rondelle and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Broad-Sword and Single-Stick (Illustrated Edition)

Author : R G Allanson-Winn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1406867535
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Broad-Sword and Single-Stick (Illustrated Edition) written by R G Allanson-Winn and published by . This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1890 with Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella, and Other Weapons of Self-Defence.

The Duel

Author : Robert Baldick
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780600328377
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book The Duel written by Robert Baldick and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1970 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Swords and Swordsmen

Author : Mike Loades
Publisher : Pen & Sword Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848841338
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Swords and Swordsmen written by Mike Loades and published by Pen & Sword Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swords and Swordsmen chronicles the major developments in the sword's design, manufacture and use from Ancient Egypt to the American Civil War. Author Mike Loades traces the history of the sword in war and the evolution of the private duel. The book takes certain surviving swords as landmarks on this journey of discovery. Each can be linked to a specific individual, allowing each sword to be discussed in the social and military context of its time and forming the starting point for detours through other types of sword and contemporary developments in their design, manufacture and use. From Tutankhamun to General Custer, and including a chapter on the legendary samurai Uesugi Kenshin, this book charts the lives of warriors from many ages and cultures; men whose lives often depended on their skill with the sword. Illustrated with line drawings (many derived from old fight manuals) and dozens of photographs of surviving swords, Swords and Swordsmen celebrates these weapons as iconic works of art and powerful cultural symbols as well as examining the lethal practicality of their sue.

A Gentleman's Guide to Duelling

Author : Vincentio Saviolo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848325272
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book A Gentleman's Guide to Duelling written by Vincentio Saviolo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Gentleman's Guide to Duelling is a beautifully illustrated, lyrical guide to duelling etiquette in Elizabethan England. Its author, Vincentio Saviolo, was one of the great Italian fencing masters and a contemporary of William Shakespeare. In the 1590s, both Saviolo and Shakespeare were based in London's Blackfriars; and Shakespeare used Italian fencing terminology in 'Romeo & Juliet' which was written shortly after Saviolo's book was published."--Book jacket.

Cutting with the Medieval Sword

Author : Michael Edelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999290385
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Cutting with the Medieval Sword written by Michael Edelson and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented study of the body mechanics of the sword, written by a world-renowned expert in Historical European Martial Arts. Full color with detailed illustrations.

The Art of the Dueling Sabre

Author : Christopher A. Holzman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978902261
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Dueling Sabre written by Christopher A. Holzman and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dueling with the Duke

Author : Robyn DeHart
Publisher : Entangled Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781682811689
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Dueling with the Duke written by Robyn DeHart and published by Entangled Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England, 1838. Gabriel Campbell, Duke of Lynford never intended to carry that title, but when his reckless brother gets himself killed in a duel over a woman, Gabe has no choice. Now he's sworn off love, blaming the woman that broke his brother's heart and led to his untimely death. Lilith Crisp, Lady Thornton, knew from a young age that pretty girls grow up and get married off to the highest bidder. Being paraded around London as her husband's trophy has taught her some unique skills and now she can manipulate any man for his darkest secrets. Gabriel's position in the Brotherhood of the Sword leads him directly to Lilith's door. For Gabe, Lilith is the one woman he's always wanted, and Lilith is now forced to deal with a man who seems immune to her charms. But a secret about Lilith's niece brings them together to face a danger that threatens not only their lives, but the fate of England's Crown. Resisting Lilith is getting more and more difficult and Gabe finally recognizes that he can't keep blaming her for his brother's fate. Finding love means forgiving the past and that might be the one thing they simply can't do...

Records of the Medieval Sword

Author : Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851155661
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Records of the Medieval Sword written by Ewart Oakeshott and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive and thorough study of the origins, development and usage of the glamorous two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages, with a complete typology. Spanning the period from the great migrations to the Renaissance, this book presents a selection from a very large body of photographs and research and gives a full and detailed record of the swords of that turbulent time.

Dueling With The Sword And Pistol

Author : Paul Kirchner
Publisher : Paladin Press
ISBN 13 : 9781581604580
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Dueling With The Sword And Pistol written by Paul Kirchner and published by Paladin Press. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researching memoirs, trial transcripts and period newspapers, Paul Kirchner has uncovered a wealth of eyewitness accounts of deadly duels - many translated into English for the first time. More than 60 encounters with the sword or pistol are covered, including horseback duels, bowie knife duels, suicide duels and profiles of such notorious duelists as "Fighting" Fitzgerald, Aaron Burr and Benito Mussolini.