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Christian Tobler makes a deep dive into the fighting traditions of
the late 14th and early 15th centuries, particularly as recorded by
Johannes Liechtenauer (1300-1389). It was a time of plague, of the
Hundred Years War, of the Peasants' Revolt, but also a time when
the origins of the European Renaissance were formed. In the later
years of this turbulent time a shadowy figure named Johannes
Liechtenauer systematized lessons for swordsmanship, wrestling,
armoured and mounted combat. Recorded in cryptic, rhyming verses,
it fell to masters of the 15th and 16th century to record, clarify
and expand the grandmaster's instructions in an extensive body of
fencing manuals. As the world of the knight receded into history,
these texts - many extensively and beautifully illustrated - were
forgotten by all but German-language antiquarians and fencing
historians until the last decade of the 20th century, when they
were rediscovered by a new audience of martial artists and
historians. No author has done more to reveal this lost world of
German knightly martial arts to a modern audience than Christian
Tobler. Lance, Spear, Sword and Messer is a rich collection of
Tobler's work, containing extensive material on topics as diverse
as the two-handed sword, spear, poleaxe, wrestling, and the use of
long shields, combined with thought-provoking analysis and
historical commentary that will occupy the mind-and challenge the
preconceptions-of students and historians of medieval German
martial arts. In addition, the martial career-in arms and in the
literature of arms-of Emperor Maximilian I, often called "the Last
Knight," who was himself a devoted student of the tradition, serves
as a capstone of this collection. Maximilian's literary output,
including a planned but unwritten fight book, was a similar
capstone in his own lifetime at the waning of the Middle Ages and
start of the Northern Renaissance.
The medieval knight was a well-trained fighting man, expert in the
use of sword, lance, spear and dagger, and member of a warrior
aristocracy whose values, virtues and vices helped shape European
society for over 500 years. As a window into the knight and his
craft, In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German
Fighting Arts brings readers a treasure trove of historic combat
treatises, musings on the culture and context of the martial arts
in the late Middle Ages and hands-on training exercises for
wrestling, dagger, falchion and poleaxe. Join medieval combat
expert Christian Henry Tobler on an expansive journey into the lost
world of chivalric fighting arts, certain to thrill martial
artists, arms and armour enthusiasts, and lovers of history alike.
Noted medieval combat authorities Dierk Hagedorn and Christian
Henry Tobler join forces to present a transcription, translation
and analysis of the Peter von Danzig Fight Book, one of the finest
manuscripts of the 15th century devoted to the fencing tradition of
German grandmaster Johannes Liechtenauer. The codex features
anonymous commentaries on Liechtenauer's own mnemonic verses, as
well as treatises by other masters of his circle: Masters
Lignitzer, Huntfelt, Ott and Peter von Danzig himself. A compendium
of teachings for how to fight with the long sword, spear, sword and
buckler, dagger, as well as unarmed grappling, both in and out of
armour, this volume is a valuable resource for historical martial
artists, historians and medieval re-enactors.
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