<em>Strokez off ii hand swerde</em>: A Brief Instruction in the Use of Personal Arms

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  • Mark Geldof ST Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan

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London, British Library MS Cotton Titus A xxv, f 105r–v is a rare example of instruction in personal arms in Middle English. Despite the evident value of martial prowess in the late medieval period there are few texts that instruct fighting men in the use of arms. The few texts that do survive offer rare insight into the value of skilled violence in elite society as well as the difficulties faced by early composers of instructions for complex physical action.

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Mark Geldof, ST Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan

Graduate Teaching Fellow and Graduate student in History.

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2011-04-21

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011): Strokez off ij hand swerde: A Brief Instruction in the Use of Personal Arms

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