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  • The Art of Sword Combat

    A 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship

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    This sixteenth-century German guide to sword fighting and combat training is a crucial source for understanding medieval swordplay techniques.Following his translation of Joachim Meyer's The Art of Combat, Jeffrey L. Forgeng was alerted to an earlier version of Meyer's text, discovered in Lund University Library in Sweden. The manuscript, produced in Strasbourg around 1568, is illustrated with ... Read more

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  • Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing

    The 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer (Reading Edition)

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    Translated by Rebecca L. R. Garber ...
    In his short life, master cutler and Freifechter Joachim Meyer appears to have had quite a successful career as a fencing master, teaching craftsmen and noblemen alike while also authoring at least four different fencing treatises (and possibly more). His works became renowned far outside of his own nation and were copied by other authors for over 100 years after his death.This book contains Dr. ... Read more

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  • Privacy and Identity Management

    17th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School, Privacy and Identity 2022, Virtual Event, August 30–September 2, 2022, Proceedings

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book contains selected papers presented at the 17th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management, held online in August/September 2022.The 9 full papers and 5 workshop and tutorial papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. As in previous years, one of the goals of the IFIP Summer School was ... Read more

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