1487 The duel between Johann von Waldburg-Sonnenberg and Antonio Maria d’ Aragonia di San Severino
In the parish church (the former abbey church) St. Katharina, in Wolfegg in Bavaria (Germany) is a ceiling fresco in the main aisle …
Category Archives: Knightly and other duels
What to do if you are called for the judicial duel with mace and shield
The Folios 128r-129v of the KK5126, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria, do contain some recommendations for a participant of a mace – …
1137 – 1139 Judicial duel in the kitab al-i’tibar
Usāma ibn Munqiḏ was a noble, a warrior, a diplomat, and poet living from 1095-1188. As a Muslim diplomat he …
1360 – The law of judicial duels in the city of Gelnhausen
The following text is the law of fighting in the city of Gelnhausen. It has a history of transcribing and copies. …
1438 The combats of Sir John Astley of Nailstone, Leicestershire
Young Francis L’Estrange Astley was born on 27 February 1810 and since the death of his father, Sir Jacob Henry Astley, …
1711 A bloody London Bear Garden fight
The following is a direct translation of a travelling report made in 1709-1711 by Zacharias Conrad von Offenbach in London, England. Zacharias …
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 …
1478 A knightly duel
As Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, called the Gentle, died in September 1464 his sons Ernst und Albert, had to …
1428 The earthquake and the duel in the Codex 5278
In the beginning of the Codex 5278, currently resting in the Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, there is a note of an historical …
1432 A judicial duel with the big “Talhoffer” shields at Konstanz
Es was ain schwanger frow geseßen zum Paradis, die gelust zue zu sehen, und was ir in sunderhait verboten. Die …
