Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay

Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassi’s His True Arte of Defense (1594), Vincentio Saviolo’s His Practice in Two Bookes (1595), and George Silver’s Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions upon My Paradoxes of Defence (1599).More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier. The authors examine the rapier’s influence on the various social classes, the clash between the traditional English fencing masters and those embracing the new style, the growing concern with unregulated dueling, and the frequent references to rapier play in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.As producer Joseph Papp notes in his foreword, this is a book that "makes a difference in performance."

Soper, Tony

Turner, Craig

Humor & Entertainment

Southern Illinois University Press

<p>The manuscript containing one of the few firsthand accounts of the Poet Robert Browning's family life is now available in an edition prepared by W. Craig Turner. Turner has meticulously transcribed and edited Mason's hand-written biography of the Browning family, which is a part of the collection of the Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor University. The edition includes extensive textual notes, a description of Cyrus Mason and his relation to Robert Browning, and an analysis of Mason's eccentricities and prejudices.</p>

The Poet Robert Browning and His Kinsfolk by His Cousin Cyrus Mason

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Baylor University Press

<p>The Mystic Law is present in every process of nature, including the development of the human soul. The Buddha taught that we are all potential buddhas, capable of enlightenment through a daily practice. In his first spiritual book ever, Craig Turner breaks down the Mystic Law for the everyday reader.</p>

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo: Living the Mystic Law through Daimoku

Religion & Spirituality

Independently published

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