Category Archives: Images

Back to school!

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An 18th-century Dutch primer depicting the curriculum at a fencing school.

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New, free biographical summary of Fabris’ life and contemporaries!

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Cheers and a sheet cake on the occasion of Salvator Fabris’ 424th Work Anniversary! (And by sheet cake we mean a new Lives of the Masters installment!)

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The Meaning of Life

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Brief reflections of a duelist on the “Why?”

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A Monkey’s Uncle… or Fencing Master!

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Le maître d’armes” by Allouard.

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Hiding in Plain Sight:

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The Hidden Wisdom of Fabris’ 1601 Manuscript

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A Matter of Disarmament

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Was Johann Andreas Schmid the inspiration for the most enduring Kreussler myth?

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“Like wild beasts, not fencing or parrying.”

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The Lamentable Outcome of the Hamilton-Mohun Duel, 1712

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The Publicity Hound: Georg Zwickel

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Saber vs. Saber

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Lost and Found: Léon Bertrand’s “Mr. X”!

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Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

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When a Fechtmeister met his match at the hand of a farm laborer.

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