In Saint George's Name

In Saint George's Name
Author: Christian Tobler
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2015-05-21
Genre: Martial arts
ISBN: 1783017422


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The medieval knight was a well-trained fighting man, expert in the use of sword, lance, spear and dagger, and member of a warrior aristocracy whose values, virtues and vices helped shape European society for over 500 years. As a window into the knight and his craft, In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts brings readers a treasure trove of historic combat treatises, musings on the culture and context of the martial arts in the late Middle Ages, and hands-on training exercises for wrestling, dagger, falchion, and poleaxe. Join medieval combat expert Christian Henry Tobler on an expansive journey into the lost world of chivalric fighting arts, certain to thrill martial artists, arms and armour enthusiasts, and lovers of history alike.


In Saint George's Name
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: Christian Tobler
Categories: Martial arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-21 - Publisher: eBook Partnership

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The medieval knight was a well-trained fighting man, expert in the use of sword, lance, spear and dagger, and member of a warrior aristocracy whose values, virt
Saint George and the Dragon
Language: en
Pages: 32
Authors: Margaret Hodges
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-09-01 - Publisher: Perfection Learning

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Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside
The Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Language: en
Pages: 600
Authors: Gabriel Banat
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Pendragon Press

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Banat, a concert violinist and teacher, describes the life of this virtuoso violinist, who is thought to be the earliest black European composer, born on his fa
St George
Language: en
Pages: 144
Authors: Samantha Riches
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-15 - Publisher: Reaktion Books

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The image of St. George—atop his horse, lance plunged halfway into a dragon’s body—is so familiar to us that we take for granted what a long history it ha
The Cult of Saint George in Medieval England
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Jonathan Good
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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How St. George became the patron saint of England has always been a subject of speculation. He was not English, nor was his principal shrine there - the usual c