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Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay
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Pages: 168
Authors: Craig Turner
Categories: Performing Arts
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Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di
Sporting Cultures, 1650–1850
Language: en
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Authors: Daniel O'Quinn
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-18 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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In the eighteenth century sport as we know it emerged as a definable social activity. Hunting and other country sports became the source of significant innovati
A bibliography of British military history
Language: en
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Beyond the Grand Tour
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Rosemary Sweet
Categories: History
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Travel in early modern Europe is frequently represented as synonymous with the institution of the Grand Tour, a journey undertaken by elite young males from nor