Andre Paurnfeind – a Freifechter, fencing master, and personal guard

Little is told by the current state of research about the author of of the first known printed book explaining Liechtenauer's teaching: Andre Paurnfeind (Pawrnfeyndt, Bauernfeind, Paurenfeint). In the first article of this series on his fencing with a single handed weapon I will provide some background about the man. In current literature up to 2016 Andre Paurnfeind is …