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The group of fencing masters of the 14th to 16th century is investigated according to their function as a literary motif in fencing treatises written in German. One example is the attribution of a particular set of instructions to ‘mystical’ founding figures like Johannes Liechtenauer‚ who serves as an authentication strategy and proof of authority of the particular record. The texts themselves claim to record mnemonics of traditional teachings that were originally only passed down orally in an encrypted language. Here the mnemonics attributed to the original master remain unchanged and are merely interpreted and commented on. Analogies to bible exegesis that support the creation myth surrounding Johannes Liechtenauer become apparent. This phenomenon exists side by side with a synchronic polemic against false masters ( leychmeister ) and the creation of diachronic tradition lines in fencing books. This tendency is especially apparent in the oeuvre of the fencing master Paulus Kal, written in the second half of the 15th century. In his preface, Kal, a stable master ( schirrmeister ) at the Bavarian court, mentions the ‘Liechtenauer society’‚ a group of direct students of the ‘master of the masters’. His own teacher Stettner being one of them‚ Kal presents himself as part of the direct hereditary line of the mystical founding figure Liechtenauer. It is such parts of the historical tradition that allow for the formation of conflicting cross-over models, creating tension between the roles of ‘master – servant’ and ‘teacher – student’. They become especially effective when fencing allegories elevate the fencing master as a figure high above his students in the treatises.

das mittelalter

Einen Zedel fechter ich mich ruem/Im Schwerd vnd Messer vngestuem.  Fechtmeister als Protagonisten  und als (fach-)literarisches Motiv  in den deutschsprachigen Fechtlehren  des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit