Masters of the Sword and their Books by Chris Karcher
Table of Contents
| Preface | 1 |
| The 16th Century: The First Printed Books | |
|---|---|
| Piero Monte (Moncio) | 9 |
| Andre Pauernfeindt | 10 |
| Antonio Manciolino | 11 |
| Achille Marozzo | 13 |
| Camillo Agrippa | 15 |
| Jeronimo Sanchez de Carranza | 18 |
| Giacomo di Grassi | 20 |
| Joachim Meyer | 22 |
| Giovanni Dall’Agocchie | 25 |
| Henry de Sainct Didier | 26 |
| d’Angelo Viggiani | 29 |
| Frederico Ghisliero | 31 |
| Vincentio Saviolo | 32 |
| Girolamo Cavalcabo | 34 |
| D. Luis Pacheco de Narvaez | 35 |
| George Silver | 37 |
| Printed Books from 1516 to 1599 | 39 |
| The 17th Century: The Rapier Books | |
| Salvatore Fabris | 43 |
| Nicolai Giganti | 46 |
| Ridolfo Capo Ferro | 47 |
| Andre Desbordes | 49 |
| Jacob Sutor | 50 |
| George Hale | 51 |
| Joseph Swetnam | 53 |
| Giovanni Battista Alfiero Gaiani | 54 |
| Hans Wilhelm Schoffer Von Dietz | 55 |
| Girard Thibaust | 56 |
| Pallas Armata | 58 |
| Franceso Alfieri | 59 |
| Charles Besnard | 60 |
| Alessandro Senesio | 61 |
| Philibert de La Touche | 62 |
| Giuseppe Morsicato Pallavicini | 63 |
| Jean Baptiste le Perche du Corday | 64 |
| Francesco Antonio Marcelli | 65 |
| Adre Wernesson de Liancour | 67 |
| Jean Labat (L’Abbat) | 69 |
| William Hope | 71 |
| Marcelli’s list of fencing books | 74 |
| The 18th Century: The Small Sword and Sabre Books | |
| Francisco Lorenz de Rada | 77 |
| Henry Blackwell | 78 |
| Edward Blackwell | 79 |
| Pierre Jacques Francios Girard | 81 |
| Don Juan Nicolas Perinat | 82 |
| Malevolti Tremamondo Angelo | 83 |
| Guillaume Danet | 85 |
| A. Lonnergan | 87 |
| J. Olivier | 88 |
| John McArthur | 90 |
| Alexandre Picard Bremond | 92 |
| C. Roworth | 94 |
| Thomas Rowlandson | 96 |
| Books About Books on Fencing | |
| Explanation | 99 |
| List and description of primary sources | 101 |
| List of secondary sources | 109 |
| Final Observations | |
| The Lost Books | 119 |
| The eyes have it | 123 |
| The First French Fencing Book | 125 |
| The Sacred Geometry of Fencing | 127 |
| Why We Must Modernize the Art of Fencing | 129 |
| Plagiarize Prudently | 133 |
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Published in January of 2010
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144 pages
80 illustrations
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