The meaning of sport and martial arts in a 14th century poem
The discussion about the meaning of the sporting competition for fame with medals and titles in martial arts is neither …
Category Archives: A life like that of Talhoffer
1435 February 2nd – Talhoffer’s second letter to Erhard Haller
The following is a transcription of letter of Hans Talhoffer to the knight Erhard Haller in Nürnberg. It is part of …
1434 March 23th – Talhoffer’s first letter to Erhard Haller
The following is a transcription of letter of Hans Talhoffer to the knight Erhard Haller in Nürnberg. It is part of …
1434 March 20th – Talhoffer’s confession in Salzburg
The following is a transcription of an “open letter” containing a witnessed confession of Hans Talhoffer in regard of a …
1434 Hans Kuchler and Johannes Hartlieb
20 March 1434 – On the behalf of Hans von Villenbach the fencing Master Hans Talhoffer was taken to the fortress …
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 …
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 The maker of books, artist and writer: Stefan Schreiber
The Duke Eberhard im Barte (Eberhard the Bearded) paid Hans Talhoffer 10 Gulden as his Fencing Master and to create a …
