I am a student in History and Social Sciences in the Universidad Austral de Chile, in Valdivia.
For a long time, I have been a sword enthusiast... and then, suddenly, I found the world of the Historical European Martial Arts. Quickly I become involved in every technique I could find, and tried everything in my reach. There are just so many things to study, to learn, to uncover. And that's why is in this last topic that I would like to ask you for help. If you can...
I'm going to make a thesis. At the beggining, I wanted to make a thesis about the fechtbücher exclusively, but while I was searching for the bibliographical sources, I found a new focus: Paulus Hector Mair, as a rescuer of a pragmatical and noble style that was dissapearing because of the powder (somewhere I could read that he was considered the first medieval recreationist), and the price he had to pay for it: his own life. His life it's fascinating and gives me a great chance to make a deep study. Therefore, and because everything related to HEMA is something of little to zero knowledge in my University, I would love to make a contribution, even if I couldn't reach the HEMA o ARMA standars of investigation.
I want to make a Microhistorical view of PHM and his Opus; involving his time, his decisions, the themes of the book, the weapons, the styles and the sources from which he created it. Michael Chidester wrote the wiktenauer article about him and that was, precisely, my starting point... but I still need more information. I need more solid references, which I lack in my country, Chile. If any of you could have access to any records of his life, or his trial, or his time as a civil servant, or any name of book (I'll buy them if it's necessary) that can help me dig more deeply into his historical rol, I would appreciate it beyond just my words. My focus is primarily in him (it will be from his point of view that I will construct my thesis), and I need anything that can help me.
I haven't search in the forums yet, but I will. I also need to know from you if I can really make this... or if I am only been too pretentious.
I sincerely hope you can aid me in this project.
Have a good day
P.S.: I may copy-paste a simmilar message in other forums. So, my apologies if you think this is spam o something fake, which is not.
