IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 536: Historical European Martial Arts Studies, I: Modern Practice and Its Connection to the Source Material
Tuesday 5 July 2016, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Acta Periodica Duellatorum: An Open-Access Journal for Historical European Martial Arts Studies |
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| Organiser: | Daniel Jaquet, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Daniel Jaquet, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin |
| Paper 536-a | Limits of Understanding in Historical European Martial Arts Studies (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Education, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Language and Literature - German |
| Paper 536-b | Prologues, Prose, and Portrayals: The Purposes of 15th-Century Fight Books According to the Diplomatic Evidence (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Military History |
| Paper 536-c | Martial Arts Manuscripts in Europe and Asia: A Comparison (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Military History |
| Abstract | This session addresses issues concerning the practice of martial arts throughout late medieval Europe. Martial arts systems were used for a wide range of purposes, from self defence needs or preparing for a judicial duel, to displaying or practising skills for training and entertainment. These different applications are all governed by equally varying systems of rules. These studies are mainly based on investigations focusing on the so called 'fight books' - technical literature which codified the martial gestures both with text and illustrations from the early 14th century. Researchers also draw on other material and textual elements such as arms and armour, literary and normative texts, or iconography studied in context. |