In Saint George's Name

Christian Tobler

• Publisher: Freelance Academy Press
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781783017423
• Edition: 0

The medieval knight was a well-trained fighting man, expert in the use of sword, lance, spear and dagger, and member of a warrior aristocracy whose values, virtues and vices helped shape European society for over 500 years. As a window into the knight and his craft, In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts brings readers a treasure trove of historic combat treatises, musings on the culture and context of the martial arts in the late Middle Ages, and hands-on training exercises for wrestling, dagger, falchion, and poleaxe. Join medieval combat expert Christian Henry Tobler on an expansive journey into the lost world of chivalric fighting arts, certain to thrill martial artists, arms and armour enthusiasts, and lovers of history alike.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• The Selohaar Fechtschule
• Introduction
• Chickens and Eggs: Which Master Came First?
• Master Peter Falkner’s Dagger
• “Lance, Spear, Sword, and Messer”
• The Messerfechten of Master Paulus Kal
• Hot, Wet, Cold, and Dry: The Four Guards
• A Late 15th Century German Poleaxe Treatise
• Master Paulus Kal’s Four Hip Wrestlings
• Introduction to the Von Danzig Fechtbuch
• The Von Danzig Fechtbuch—1452
• Glossary
• Bibliography