Sword Through the Centuries

Name: Sword Through the Centuries
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ISBN: 9780486425207

ISBN-10: 0486425207

ISBN-13: 9780486425207

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alfred Hutton

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This text follows the development of the sword from its earliest forms, beginning with the Age of Chivalry, during which a knight's main weapons were the lance, axe, and sword - with a shield and armour used for defence.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/22/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction


Preface



The Age of Chivalry



How the Lord of Ternant and the Spanish Esquire Galiot de Balthasin fought on Foot and on Horseback for Knightly Honour



How the Good Knight Jacques de Lalain and the English Esquire Thomas Que fought with the Great Axe



How Two Tailors fought to the Death with Shield and Cudgel



How the Good Knight Sans Peur et sans Reproche fought in the Lists with the Estoc against the Spaniard Sotomaior, and slew him



How the Baron d'Aguerre fought with the Lord of Fendilles with the Bastard Sword, and what came of it



The Two-hand Sword



Of the Sword and Buckler, and how the Sieur de Jarnac fought in the Lists with the Lord of Chastaigneraie and how he slew him



The Ancient Method and Usage of Duels before the King



The Period of the Rapier



The Rapier and its Auxiliaries



Of Certain of the Evils which arose from the Vow of Henri II



How the Admirable Crichton fought with an Italian Bravo at Single Rapier and slew him, and how afterwards he was slain with Unfair Advantage



Of Chivalrous Amenities among the Rapier Men



Of the Dagger



A Merrie Pranke of Long Meg of Westminster, and how she vanquished a Spanish Knight with her Sword and Buckler



Of the Two Swords, or the "Case of Rapiers"



Of Further Inconvenients which ensued from the Rash Vow of Henri II. of France



Touching what resulted from the Duel of the Mignons



George Silver, Gentleman



The Reign of Richelieu



The Sword of Justice



The Period of Transition



The Flamberge and the Early Small Sword



The "Colichemarde"



The Small Sword



Three Famous Fencers



The Prize-Players and the Prize-Fighters



The Prizes and their Players



The "Gladiating" Prize-fighter



The Broadsword



The Nineteenth Century



The Duelling Sword



The Sabre



Cudgelling--Backswording--Singlestick


Index