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The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship : Royal Armouries MS I.33, Hardback Book

The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship : Royal Armouries MS I.33 Hardback

Edited by Jeffrey L. Forgeng

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Royal Armouries Manuscript I.33, also known as the Tower Fechtbuch or the Walpurgis Manuscript, is the oldest-known manual of swordsmanship in the western canon.

Dated to c.1310, it is a stunning work of late medieval art and the Armouries’ most treasured manuscript, one so famous it has become known simply by its shelf number: I.33.

This new edition includes a critical introduction, transcription and translation by Jeffrey L.

Forgeng, the foremost authority on I.33.

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