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A fifteenth-century fencing tournament in Strasburg
Author(s) -
Olivier Dupuis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta periodica duellatorum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2813-5970
pISSN - 2064-0404
DOI - 10.36950/apd-2013-004
Subject(s) - fencing , tournament , german , fifteenth , history , classics , computer science , mathematics , combinatorics , archaeology , parallel computing
An undated paper from the archives of Strasburg contains a set of rules approved by fencing masters for a fencing tournament. The dating of this document is uncertain but could be established around 1470-71. A complete and unpublished transcription will be supplied and completed with a detailed study of the final set of rules but also the subset which received some modifications. Even if some key points remains obscure, it’s possible to find some comparison between this text and the contemporary knightly tournaments or the German Fechtschulen.