History

Elizabethan Fencing - Description of the Art of defence during the Elizabethan Period, the early 16th and 17th Centuries. Links to training materials and online manuals.
jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing.html

His Practise - A 1594 fencing manual by Vincentio Saviolo.
www.cs.unc.edu/~hudson/saviolo/

His True Art of Defense - A fencing manual by di Grasse, a definitive work in its time.
www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/index.htm

Historic Fencing Manuals - Listing of Historical Fencing Manuals purchasable from Patri J. Pugliese.
www.latourdulac.com/fencing/patri.html

On Honor and Honorable Quarrels - A 1594 fencing manual by Vincentio Saviolo. The sequel to His Practise.
www.musketeer.org/manuals/saviolo/second.index.html

Paradoxes of Defence - Written by George Silver and published in 1599.
www.pbm.com/~lindahl/paradoxes.html

Sentiment of the Sword - Text of the book by Sir Richard Burton.
www.ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_burtonsentimentswordcontents_0300.htm

Traitè D'Escrime - 16th century Italian fencing manual. Includes woodcut images.
jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing/lovino.html