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An edition of The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe (2000)

The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe

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"In this illustrated book Sydney Anglo provides the first complete study of the martial arts from the early fifteenth to the late seventeenth centuries. He explains the significance of martial arts in Renaissance education and everyday life and offers a full account of the social implications of one-to-one combat training."--BOOK JACKET.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
396

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Subjects

Renaissance, Europe, social life and customs, Europe, history, 1648-1789, History, Martial arts, Social life and customs

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The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe
August 11, 2000, Yale University Press
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First Sentence

"IT WAS WITH this martial example that Thomas Hobbes, in his Leviathan of 1651, sought to clarify what he saw as the essential difference between Prudentia and Sapientia - that is between wisdom acquired on the one hand by experience and, on the other, by science."

Classifications

Library of Congress
U167.5.H3A6395 2000, U167.5.H3 A6395 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
396
Dimensions
10.2 x 7.7 x 0.8 inches
Weight
3.4 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9618959M
ISBN 10
0300083521
ISBN 13
9780300083521
LCCN
99089407
OCLC/WorldCat
43060636
Library Thing
86517
Goodreads
442508

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IT WAS WITH this martial example that Thomas Hobbes, in his Leviathan of 1651, sought to clarify what he saw as the essential difference between Prudentia and Sapientia - that is between wisdom acquired on the one hand by experience and, on the other, by science.
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