20 avril 2020
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Olivier Dupuis, « Timeo Clipeos et Plagas Ferentes, or the Accidental Death of a Fencing Master in 1331 », Martial Culture in Medieval Town, ID : 10.58079/r8zu
By Olivier Dupuis and François Siedel (transcription and translation) Source: gallica.bnf.fr / BnF Français 25527 fol. 38v Context Civil fencing with the use of the buckler is attested by documents written as early as the thirteenth century, in England, as well as by literary works in the German language. It is different to fencing with the large shield, worn and used by knights and their servants, and above all the buckler is usually handled at that time with little other protection. ...