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 …
Category Archives: Side Notes
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 …
Who was Luithold of Königsegg?
In my researches on the life of Hans Talhoffer I did not miss the letter of Johannes Graf zu Königsegg-Aulendorf …
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 …
1436 Epitaph of Jörg Frauenberger
This is the epitaph of Jörg[Georg] Frauenberger of Haag at Hohenburg, the torturer of Jacob Auer. He or his son …
1435 Hans Talhoffer and Jörg Frauenberger the torturer
1435 July 9 – Another piece of the Villenbach/Villach puzzle: Jörg Frawenberger of Haag at Hohenburg was NO nice guy. …
The Tachelshofer of Zurich
In Zurich in the 15th century lived two man with the name Hans Tachelhofer (Dachselhofer, Tachelshofer). One is called Hans …
