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Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay by Craig Turner, Tony Soper (Paperback, 2016)

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Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares the only three existing Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassi's His True Arte of Defense (1594), Vincentio Saviolo's His Practice in Two Bookes (1595), and George Silver's Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions Upon my Paradoxes of Defence (1599). More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. The authors examine the rapier's influence on the various social classes, the clash between the traditional English fencing masters and those embracing the new style, the growing concern with unregulated dueling, and the frequent references to rapier play in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. As producer Joseph Papp notes in his Foreword, this is a book that makes a difference in performance.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-13
9780809335183
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221821726

Product Key Features

Author
Craig Turner, Tony Soper
Publication Name
Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
168 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Craig Turner, Tony Soper
Genre
Sports
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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