1444 Two fencing masters in Rothenburg
In the year 1444 a duel took place between two fencing-masters. One from the south coming from Vienna the other …
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Taillefer is not Talhoffer
In 1834 Johann Martin Lappenberg wrote down the history of England. In the 1st Volume of his “Geschichte von England” on the page …
1440 – 1459 Luithold III of Königsegg
In my researches on the life of Hans Talhoffer I did not miss the letter of Johannes Graf zu Königsegg-Aulendorf …
1492 The “Pergament Fencingbook” of Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg
In Urach, 1492 Dezember 26, Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg, dictated his last will and testament. He will be dead on …
1467 Artist: Stefan Schreiber
The Duke Eberhard im Barte (Eberhard the Bearded) paid Hans Talhoffer 10 Gulden as his Fencing Master and to create a …
Legal murder
“Item wie daz nun sy daz die die decretaleß kempf verbieten, So hat doch die gewonhait herbracht von kaisern und …
1448, 1457 Brothers vom Stain in the service of Eberhard im Barte
In 1448 Buppelin and in 1457 his brother David vom Stain had been in the service of Count Eberhard im …
1434 Hans Talhoffer and case of Wilhelm of Villenbach
Between 1427 and 1434 during (or after) his duty for the diocese of Salzbourg Hans Talhoffer was arrested and questioned …
1437 Hans Talhoffer and the Kastner at the Hohenburg
Georg (Jorg) Frauenberger (the Elder) zum Haag at Hohenburg was a man of the Archbishop of Salzburg. Till Eberhard III. …
1467 The price of a fencing master
In 1467 Eberhard the Bearded payed Hans Talhoffer 10 Guilder and gave him rye and oat. This is good and …
