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A good swordsman would vary his stance fairly frequently to avoid being predictable and may even assume a stance to deceive the enemy into expecting a particular attack.. That definitely sounds like something that the Archbishop would be doing here. I'm not sure whether or not the Marquis would, fo...

@Corey:

Thanks so much! I would definitely take you up on that.

@James: Thank you so much! That was incredibly helpful, especially the link. I have been reading up on some of the masters of that period, and started reading delli Liberi’s work, but I made the mistake of trying to read it all in one go and my eyes started to cross, right about where he gets into d...

Hi There, I am a novelist working on a book set in Italy in 1493-1513, and it’s important to me that I be as accurate as possible with regard to weapons and fighting techniques for the time period, especially given that two of my point-of-view characters are trained and skilled at arms. I have been ...

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