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• Albrecht Dürer's 'fechtbuch' of 1512 - Friederich Dörnhöffer's 1910 book (in German) and  facsimile of the original held in Breslau/Wroclaw in Poland - Courtesy of James Roberts of MACS. 

James Roberts' foreword essay

Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4 (facsimile with armed combat)  Part 5 (facsimile with wrestling)

• Toxophilus. Roger Ascham. 1545. - (reprint of 1895)

• Academie de l'Espee. Girard Thibault. 1628. (being relocated)

• l'Ecole d'Armes. Domenico Angelo. 1763. (being relocated)

• Rules & Regulations for the Sword Exercise of Cavalry.  J G Le Marchant. London. 1796.

• Infantry Sword Exercise.  Henry Charles Angelo. London. 1845.

• A Complete System of Bayonet Exercise. Sir Richard Francis Burton. London, 1853. 

• Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre and Bayonet. John Musgrave Waite. London. 1880.

• Bayonet-fencing and sword practice, Captain Alfred Hutton. London. 1882.

• Fixed Bayonets, Captain Alfred Hutton. London. 1890.

• Bayonet fencing introduction by Nigel Plum.

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• The Great Triangulation by Matt Easton
• What is a longsword? by Matt Easton
• What is a rondel dagger? by Matt Easton
• What is a pollaxe? by Matt Easton