WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHAT ARE OUR SOURCES?
23 December 2022 | TMA

See Full Article by Gorvett - "The lost medieval sword fighting tricks no one can decode" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221124-the-lost-medieval-sword-fighting-tricks-no-one-can-decode

Gorvett learns that many manuscripts on sword fighting include detailed hand-drawn illuminations (Credit: Hans Talhoffer's Fight Book from the 16th century after the Middle Ages;The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The MS includes the art of fighting from the late Middle Ages-fourteenth century ). See full story at link above
See also Reading the Middle Ages (https://exhibits.library.brocku.ca/s/reading-the-middle-ages/page/welcome-to-rma) ,Issue 2 of Our Research for an academic poster project on Sword Fighting in comparison to Sword Fighting in Star Wars. Coming Soon.
Resources:
"Military Museum, Castle of Morges" by Daniel Jaquet, August 2018
The Art of Sword Fighting in Early Modern Period by Medievalist.net: https://www.medievalists.net/2016/08/fighting-to-win-the-art-of-sword-combat-in-the-early-modern-period/
Sword Fighting School in California with lessons in Medieval Combat: https://www.swordfightingschool.com/

Learn more about knights, See The Medieval Knight By Christopher Gravett
(Osprey Books) ISBN: 9781472843562
How to cite this blog:
TMA Staff. "Medieval Sword Fighting: Zaria Gorvett of BBC Discusses how Knights in the Middle Ages Faught." Teaching the Middle Ages, December , 2022; revised June 22, 2023. https://www.teachingthemiddleages.com/post/medieval-sword-fighting-zaria-gorvett-of-bbc-discusses-how-knights-in-the-middle-ages-faught
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