Books and Translations

The Archives of the Masters of Arms of Paris collects documents and anecdotes related to the guild which regulated fencing in the capital from 1567-1792.

The Fencing Manual was the basis of compulsory training for the infantry and cavalry of the French Army in 1877 until its replacement in 1908. 

Jean de Brye​'s manual for fencing coaches showing how to break down the discipline into four broad stages of development.

​La Canne was taught in military academies and in public schools. This volume presents two mid-century methods for learning the canne.

Two of Corthey's influential books, a history of fencing and improvements to the dueling sword combined in one volume.

Henry de Sainct Didier's fencing treatise for transitional rapier first published 1573, the first French fencing manual.