As stated in our constitution, the Dawn Duellists ‘study and practice the methods of European swordplay from the 13th to the 20th century’, so all the fencing we do comes from fencing treatises and manuals, most of which are translations of period originals and some of which are modern interpretations. For that reason we classify publications by the age to which they pertain even if they are written much later by modern masters and academics.
Treatises
Distributors
American distribution and print company with reasonable shipping rates who sell and reprint books (copyright allowing). Many treatises can be found here, including the hard-to-get Sword and Buckler recommendation.
Online sources
Not so much a source ot treatises but a very comprehensive treatise bibliography from the American HEMA group, Association for Renaissance Martial Arts. This should help you find titles by masters or in eras you are interested in.
English translations in part or in whole of various treatises, concentrating on the German longsword tradition, by members of the German HEMA group, Ochs Historiche Kampfkünste.
Facsimile, therefore untranslated, copies in pdf format of original Renaissance treatises, provided by the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies. Treatises in English, such as Di Grassi's, are obviously instantly usable but this is a good place to see the illustration plates in foreign language treatises.
English translation with interpretation of the Tower Manuscript I.33 for sword and buckler by Swiss re-enactment group, Freywild.
- Longsword
Goliath Fechtbuch
By Johannes Lichtenauer (English translation / online source)
Fechtbuch des Sigmund Ringeck
By Sigmund Ringek (English translation / online source) - Rapier / sidesword
Fencing: A Renaissance Treatise
By Camillo Agrippa (English translation / book) - Sabre
Cold Steel: The Art of Fencing with the Sabre
By Alfred Hutton (English language / book) - Sword and Buckler
The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship: A Facsimile & Translation of the World's Oldest Personal Combat Treatise
by Dr Jeffrey L Forgeng (English translation / book)
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