| Manual Name: | Gründtliche Beschreibung des Fechtens |
| Manual Publish Date: | 1570, 1600 |
| Author: | Joachim Meyer |
| Classification: | Renaissance |
| Weapons: | longsword, dusack, rappier, staff, halberd, dagger, wrestling, pike, sword and cloak, sword and dagger |
| Nationality/Culture: | German |
| Keywords: | strassborg, Strassburg, Joachim Meyer, federfechter, freyfechter, freifechter, burgher, mecklenberg, johann casimir, fechtmeister, fechtschule, basel |
| Brief Description: | The art of war is a thorough description of the German Kunst des Fechten at a time when Italian cut and thrust was influencing the German kunsfechten. It was designed to prepare the masses for war and service to the fatherland. |
| Links to Online Versions: | |
| 1570 transcription in German |
| 1570 Strassburg facsimile |
| 1600 Augsburg |
| 1600 raymond J Lord Collection |
| 1600 Higgins Facsimile |
