About reconstruction

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The most important books and papers about the process of reconstruction.

Papers

Theory and philosophy

Methodology

  • Jaquet, D. (2016). Experimenting Historical European Martial Arts, a Scientific Method? In Jaquet, D. Verelst K., Dawson T. [Eds.], Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books (pp. 216-243), Brill. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004324725_010
  • Walczak B. (2011), Bringing Lost Teachings Back to Life – a Proposed Method for Interpretation of Medieval and Renaissance Fencing Manuals, Ido Mov Culture. J Martial Arts Anthrop, 11(2), 47-54. (pdf)
  • Walczak B. (2006), The AGISE Research Method. In Cognot F. [Ed.], Maîtres & techniques decombat à la fin du Moyen Age et au début de la Renaissance (pp. 121-142), Paryż: Association pour l’Edition et la Diffusion des Etudes Historiques. (pdf)

Presentations

  • Walczak B. (2010), Bringing Lost Teachings Back to Life – a Proposed Method for Interpretation of Medieval and Renaissance Fencing Manuals. [slides]