Treatise & Manuals of Swordfighting

The importance of historic texts in the study of realistic swordplay is great and with the growing popularity of the World Wide Web more and more valuable texts are being brought into the public domain. The intention here therefor is to try an maintain a comprehensive list of links to where these texts can be found.

The Royal Armouries :31/10/2001

Manusripts available via post or email request, many civilian and military manusripts available, though several only available in original language.

For a list of what manuals are available from the Royal Armouries see the the AEMMAsite.

For more infomation email:The Armouries Library
or write to:The Library, Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive,Leeds. LS10 1LT.

The Exiles: UK :31/10/2001

A fabulous UK resource, the Exiles have downloaded a great many of the historic manuals that are available on-line and are prepared to burn your selection from these manuals onto a single CD, and all for £5. plus postage and packing. All material is fully acredited with individual credits printed on each CD.
Mr. Rob Lovett (BFHS Certified Instructor). 67 Ibscott Close, Dagenham, Essex. RM10 9YT.

The Exiles

Patri Pugilesse :31/10/2001

Excellent US site with many texts for sale in A4 photocopied format, inexpensive, but orders must be done by conventional post and cheque.

Patri

The British Federation for Historical Swordplay :31/10/2001

An excellent UK page with many texts for sale in A4 photocopied format, inexpensive, but orders must be done by conventional post and cheque.

The BFHS

William Wilson :31/10/2001

Several on-line manuals and treatise that William Wilson is supervising the translation of. Most in PDF format, for ease of downloading.

William Wilson

AEMMA :31/10/2001

A Fabulously informative site, a great many on-line texts and manuals free to download from fully credited sources, and catalogued by century. Nicely designed and quite fast, though some of the texts can take a while to download.

AEMMA

ARMA aka HACA :09/01/2002

Another fabulously informative site, good many on-line manuals with a brief guide to content. Efficient and quick site, many nice distractions.

HACA

HEMA :31/10/2001

An interesting site focused on European unarmed and close quarter fighting. Informative collection of pan european treatise, nicely illustrated with critiques and suggested practice methods, several usefual links too.

HEMA

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