24 mai 2021
Miente Pietersma, « Abuse of Arms and Trigger Words in a 16th Century Fechtschule », Martial Culture in Medieval Town, ID : 10670/1.whf9l6
On the 23rd of July 1546, the city council of Solothurn received a special request from local furrier Hans Tägenscher. An avid fencer, Tägenscher petitioned to hold a so-called fächtschule, or Fechtschule, where he would teach the lobliche manßzucht [laudable masculine virtue] of fighting to those interested and willing to pay.[i] Such an event required the blessing of local authorities, who might fear for disorder. Getting this blessing then depended on Tägenscher’s ability to convince the c...