The book recommendations in this page are books I've read and love. I
personally own all of them and have read each and everyone a number of times
and each time as I re-read them, I've found something useful and
enlightening that tweeked the way I see things. I have gained a world of
knowledge beyond the everyday life and it has been very rewarding in more
ways than I care to count.
If you are a history buff like
myself and many of my friends, these books should part of your library
collection. The knowledge contained within these book will also shed a light
into the mindset and life of times gone by, but many of the principles will
and can be applied to your daily lives.
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Need resources? What you should know,
which, what where and how? This is the page that will give you all the
information you need regarding swordplay, books, characterization, faire and
everything else. Want to play out at faire or join a group? These links and
resources are the ones I most commonly use myself when I
need to look up certain information. I hope they'll be as helpful to you as
they have been for me.
Clothing and
Costuming:
Knowledge Base
Swordplay:
(Schools of Defense)
Faire Groups &
Guilds:
Favorite
Armouries Online: (Where I get my stuff)
Favorite Faires
& Events
Info:
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Renaissance Pleasure
Faire (Southern)
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Military Through The Ages
(AMVET California)
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Northern Renaissance
Faire
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San Diego Renaissance
Faire
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Old Fort MacArthur Days -
Military Through the Ages
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Age of Chivalry (Las
Vegas Renaissance Faire)
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Escondido Renaissance
Festival with Shakepeare in the Park
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Recommended
Reading (History) :
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Daily Life in Elizabethan England
(Jeffrey Singman) ISBN: 031329335X
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The Renaissance at War (Thomas
Arnold) ISBN: 0304352705
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Weapons & Warfare in Renaissance
Europe (Bert S. Hall) ISBN: 0801855314
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The Life of Elizabeth I
(Alison
Weir) ISBN: 0345425502
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Elizabeth's London
- Daily life in Elizabethan London (Liza Picard)
ISBN: 0312325657
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The Exercise of Armes (Jacob de
Gheyn) ISBN: 0486404420
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The Knight (Alan Baker)
ISBN: 0760766568
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Dungeon, Fire, & Sword
(John J. Robinson) ISBN: 156731645X
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The Irish Wars
1485-1603 (Ian Heath/David Sque - Osprey Military) ISBN: 1855322803
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The Armada Campaign
1588 (Richard Hook/John Tincey - Osprey Military) ISBN: 0850458218
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The Armada Campaign
1588 (Angus Konstam) ISBN: 1841761923
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Lepanto 1571
(Angus Konstam - Osprey Campaign) ISBN: 1841764094
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Malta 1565 (Tim
Pickles - Osprey Campaign) ISBN: 1855326035
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Books on
Historical Fencing & Swordplay: (a must for every serious swordsman)
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Fighting with the German Longsword
(Christian Henry Tobler) ISBN: 1891448242
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English Martial Arts (Terry Brown)
ISBN: 1898281297
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The Swordsman's Companion (Guy
Windsor) ISBN: 1891448412
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The Sword and The Mind (Hiroaki
Sato) ISBN: 0760765316
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Arte of Defense (William Wilson)
ISBN: 1891448188
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Secrets of German
Medieval Swordsmanship (Christian Henry Tobler) ISBN:1891448072
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Sigmund Ringeck's
Knightly Art of the Longsword (Lindhom/Svard) ISBN:1581604106
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Renaissance Swordsmanship
(John Clements) ISBN: 0873649192
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Medieval Swordsmanship
(John Clements) ISBN: 1581600046
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Armies of Scotland,
England, Ireland, the United Provinces and the Spanish Netherlands 1487-1609
(Ian Heath) ISBN: 1901543005
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Codex Wallerstein
(Grzegorz Zabinski/Bartolomeij Walczak) ISBN: 1581603398
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Excellent Military/Historical
Classics:
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Bushido: The way
of the Samurai (Tsunemoto Yamamoto/Justin Stone) ISBN: 0757000266
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Hagakure : The
Book of the Samurai (Tsunemoto Yamamoto/William Wilson) ISBN: 4770011067
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Secrets of the Samurai
(Oscar Ratti/Adele Westbrook) ISBN: 0785810730
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The Three Kingdoms
(Luo Guanzhong/ Moss Roberts/ Lo Kuan Chung) ISBN: 7119005901
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Mastering The Art of
War (Zhuge Liang/ Liu Ji/ Thomas Cleary) ISBN: 0877735131
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Book of Five Rings
(Miyamoto Musashi/ Thomas Cleary) ISBN: 1590300408
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Code of the
Samurai-Bushido Shoshinshu (Yuzan Daidoji/ Thomas Cleary) ISBN:
0804831904
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Sun Tzu's Art of War (Sun
Tzu/ Ralph Sawyer) ISBN: 081331951X
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The Book of 5 Rings
(Miyamoto Musashi/William Scott Wilson) ISBN: 4770028016
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