by Joachim Meyer, Hans Christoph Stimmer (illustrator), Rebecca L. R. Garber (translator), Michael Chidester (editor)<\/p>\n
In his short life, master cutler and Freifechter<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n These books contain Dr. Rebecca L. R. Garber\u2019s entirely new translation of Meyer’s longest and most developed treatise, Foundational Description of the Free, Knightly, and Noble Art of Fencing<\/em>, published in 1570. It teaches complex and sophisticated methods for using all the typical weapons of his day, beginning with the two-handed sword prized by the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer, then showing how traditional German fencing should be applied to the eastern European dusack and the Mediterranean rapier which had become popular as sidearms, and finally covering the dagger and polearms that were commonly used in the militias of the Imperial Free Cities.<\/p>\n In Volume 2, the 64 elaborate Figures created by the circle of Tobias Stimmer are printed in two different formats\u2014a set that were lavishly painted in 1574, and a black and white set with the backgrounds removed for clarity\u2014along with compilations of all references to each Figure in the text. The illustrations from the M\u00fcnchen, Lund, and Rostock manuscripts are also included in appendices for reference.<\/p>\n Version:\u00a01st edition (December 2023) Introduction: The Treatise of Joachim Meyer \u2170<\/p>\n<\/div>\n by Michael Chidester<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Background i\u00a0\u2014 Preparing a book \u2171\u00a0\u2014 Printing a book \u2175\u00a0\u2014 Finishing a book \u2177\u00a0\u2014 Using a book \u2179\u2172\u00a0\u2014 About this book \u2179\u2173<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Preface 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sword 7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Dusack 37<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rapier 67<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Dagger 95<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Polearms 109<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Appendix: The M\u00fcnchen Manuscript 135<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Appendix: The Lund Manuscript 181<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Appendix: The Rostock Manuscript 201<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Appendix: Additional Pictures 205<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Works Cited 215<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n About the Author 217<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n HEMA book about Joachim Meyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[331],"product_tag":[6605,6448,6341,3002,5563,2811,5390,6412],"class_list":{"0":"post-47981","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-hema-en","7":"product_tag-art-of-fencing-en","8":"product_tag-boek-en","9":"product_tag-book-2-en","10":"product_tag-fencing-en-2","11":"product_tag-fencing-manual-en","12":"product_tag-hema-en","13":"product_tag-joachim-meyer-en","14":"product_tag-treatise-en","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"taxable","19":"shipping-taxable","20":"purchasable","21":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nLength:<\/strong> 238 pages
\nDimensions: \u00a0\u00bc \u00d7 11 \u00d7 1 \u215c in.; 2 \u215e lbs.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/td>\n Reference Edition vol. 1<\/td>\n Reference Edition vol. 2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Text<\/strong><\/td>\n English translation by Rebecca L. R. Garber<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n German transcription by Michael Chidester<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Introduction by Roger Norling<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Introduction by Christopher VanSlambrouck<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Introduction by Michael Chidester<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n The Meyer Census<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Bibliography<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Index<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Illustrations<\/strong><\/td>\n Black and white illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Color illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n M\u00fcnchen ms. illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Lund ms. illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Rostock ms. illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"