Library

On-line manuals at the LSD

• Fewtrell, Thomas:
  • The Science of Manual Defence
• Hale, George:
  • The Private School of Defence
• Hope, Sir William:
  • A New, Short and Easy Method of Fencing
  • The Sword-man's Vade Mecum
• Liancour, Le Sieur De
  • The Master of Arms, or, The Exercise of the Single Sword
• McBane, Donald
  • Extracts from The Expert Sword-Man's Companion
• Mendoza, Daniel
  • Mendoza's Treatise, with his Six Lessons
• Miller, James:
  • A treatise on backsword, sword, buckler, sword and dagger, sword and great gauntlet, falchon, quarterstaff.
• Page, Thomas
  • The Use of the Broad Sword
• Petter, Nicolaes
  • Clear Education in the Magnificent Art of Wrestling
• Silver, George
  • The works of George Silver by Cyril Matthey
• Wylde, Zachary
  • The English Master of Defence

Books and other fencing manuals

• A list of manuals available to be borrowed by members of the LSD
• The BFHS can provide various historical manuals to those who are interested.