The account notes that a fight broke out among his students and had to be. A fifteenthcentury manual of swordfighting and closequarter combat. This is a reprint of hans talhoffers 15th century fechtbuch. Medieval fight book uses the thott 290 2 copy at denmarks royal library in copenhagen kongelige bibliotek.
Talhoffers medieval fight book blog historical fencing. A journal of working in denmark for the national geographic channel program, medieval fight book, produced by wild dream films by john clements in october 2010, i was asked by the production company wild dream films to write a short blog about some of my experiences as fight master and historical consultant for their program on the 1459 edition of hans talhoffers fightbook. The bulk of this book is images of two combatants, their various moves, and a translation of the 15th century swabian, the original language for each image can be found in the back of the book, along with various notes from the translator. In medieval and renaissance europe, the art of fighting was usually divided into three. Hans talhoffer 1467 fight book part 1 of 2 youtube. Few medieval european martial arts instruction books survived the middle ages. Documentary about an illustrated medieval book fechtbuch on. A fifteenthcentury manual of swordfighting and close quarter combat by hans talhoffer isbn. With pia bach, owen bush, jason alan carvell, jens christiansen.
Documentary about an illustrated medieval book fechtbuch on weapons and fighting, written in 1459 by hans talhoffer, kept in the royal. The bulk of this book is images of two combatants, their various moves, and a translation of the 15th century swabian, the original language for each image can be. Talhoffer was a welleducated man who took interest in astrology, mathematics, onomastics, and the. His martial lineage is unknown, but his writings make it clear that he had some connection to the tradition of johannes liechtenauer, the grand master of a wellknown medieval german school of fencing. The talhoffer manuscript was in the possession of count otto thott, who was a danish prime minister and a famous collector of books and manuscripts. Hans talhoffer dalhover, talhouer, thalhoffer, talhofer was a german fencing master. Hans talhoffers fight book, a sixteenthcentury manuscript about. This was the first time an expert practitioner of fightbook material was used to produce animations of historically accurate 15th century combat techniques for film. Hans talhoffers 1459 fightbook is one of the medieval worlds most mysterious manuscripts, challenging the legends and myths that surrounded this often.
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