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Ancient French Fencing - A number of pointers on french fencing. Multimedia, as well.
www.france-lames.fr
His Practise by Vincentio Saviolo - 1594 Fencing Manual by Saviolo
www.cs.unc.edu/~hudson/saviolo
His True Art of Defense - A fencing Manual by di Grasse, a definitive work in its time.
www.kismeta.com/digrasse.html
Historic Fencing Manuals - Listing of Historical Fencing Manuals purchasable from Patri J. Pugliese.
www.latourdulac.com/fencing/patri.html
In Ferro Veritas. - Historical Information regarding the art of swordplay.
www.people.cornell.edu/pages/bjm10/rapier.html
On Honor and Honorable Quarrels, by Vincentio Saviolo - 1594 Fencing Manual by Savialo. The Sequal to His Practise.
www.musketeer.org/manuals/saviolo/second.index.html
Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (1599) - Wherein is proved the true grounds of fight to be the short ancient weapons and that the short sword has advantage over the long sword or the long rapier.
www.pbm.com/~lindahl/paradoxes.html
Traitè D'Escrime - 16th C. Italian Fencing Manual. Lots of good wodcut images.
jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing/lovino.html