Ce livre reunit des contributions interdisciplinaires autour des pratiques d'experimentation dans les recherches sur les arts martiaux historiques europeens et sur la culture materielle liee a l'armement a la fin du Moyen Age. Les differents articles proposent des reflexions methodologiques autour de cette approche originale, illustrees par des etudes de cas. Celles-ci abordent notamment l'experimentation archeologique et celle liee a l'etude des gestes techniques en sciences humaines. Der vorliegende Band versammelt interdisziplinar ausgerichtete Aufsatze, die sich anhand von praktischen Experimenten der Erforschung historischer europaischer Kampfkunste und der materiellen Kultur der Waffen des Spatmittelalters widmen. Die verschiedenen Beitrage bieten methodische Reflexionen zu diesem innovativen Ansatz, die durch Fallstudien veranschaulicht werden. Diese betreffen insbesondere das Gebiet der experimentellen Archaologie und die Erforschung technischer Fertigkeiten in den Geisteswissenschaften.
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Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has interdisciplinary dimensions, including notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc. APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 onwards. APD is a non-profit association, based in Switzerland. It is supported by institutional grants, donators/partners and by its readers. The journal is published electronically (Open Access) and printed for subscribed readers and institutions.
Martial Culture in Medieval Towns
An Anthology
Twenty-three short essays introduce the reader to the multifaceted martial culture of the late medieval and pre-modern European town. The stories in this richly illustrated anthology describe the ownership, handling, symbolism, use, and materiality of medieval weapons in their social, political, and cultural context. Originally contributions to the research blog “Martial Culture in Medieval Towns”, the selected and re-worked essays were edited to accompany the exhibition “Alarm! Culture, ownership, and use of weapons in the late medieval town” (Museum Altes Zeughaus / Old Arsenal Museum. Solothurn, 2022).
Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Booksoffers insights into the cultural and historical transmission and practices of martial arts, based on interdisciplinary research on the corpus of the Fight Books (Fechtbücher) in 14th- to 17th-century Europe.