Library Collections Museums Rare Books Digitized Originals Journal Articles Citation Helpers Other Resources Fencing Art

Libraries with Historical Collections:

• Early English Books Online
• British Library, Manuscripts Catalogue
• British Museum, Foundation Collections
  • SLOANE, Sir Hans (1660-1753). 30,000 volumes
  • British Printed Collections, 1501-1800
• Cambridge University, Newton Library Catalogue
• Hungtington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. San Marino, CA
  
  • Original copy of Vincentio Saviolo, His Practice in two Books. Call # 69212
• National Library of Scotland
• World Cat

Arms and Armor Museums:

• Higgns Armory Museum
• Royal Armouries Museum
• Royal Ontario Museum

Rare Book Sellers:

• AddAll Used & Out of Print Search
• Alibris, Used Books
  
• Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America
• Biblio.com (booksearch & marketplace)
• Jared Kirby' Rare Books
• Maggs Rare Books
• Patri Pugliese's photocopies
• Used Book Search

Facsimiles (digital & photocopies) of Original Manuals & Treatises:

• AEMMA - Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts
• AHF - Association of Historical Fencing
• AHFAA - American Heritage Fighting Arts Association
• ARMA - The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
• Arts d'Armes, Le site des Arts Martiaux Historiques Europeens
• Die Freifecther
• EEBO - Early English Books Online
• The Exiles, Company of Medieval Martial Artists
• Gallica, la Bibliotheque numerique
• Linacre School of Defense
• Jared Kirby' Rare Books
• The Navy & Marine Living History Association
• The Sussex Rapier School
• Tattershall School of Defence
• William Wilson, digitized fencing manuals

Journals and Articles:

• AHF - Association of Historical Fencing - Articles
  • The Other Wilde West, Fencing in NY in the 1880s, K. Mondschein
  • What Makes a Practice Rapier?, Maestro R. Martinez
• AHF - Estafilade Quarterly
  • How did they Train Back Then (AHF members only)
  • The Importance of Engagement in Rapier Fencing (AHF members only)
• Blackfriars' Journal (stagecombat)
• Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences
• FightingArts.com
• Martinez Academy of Arms - Articles
  • Demystification of the Spanish School
  • Jeronimo de Carranza's 'Philosophy' of Arms
  • Notes on the Incorrect USe of the Word "Sparring"
• Journal of Manly Arts
• Journal of Western Martial Arts - Christopher Amberger Articles
  • Behind the Woodshed: Little-known aspects of Ducassak play
  • Reconstruction Ancient Martial Arts
  • German Judicial & Sport Dueling from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance
• JSTOR,
  • The Schools of Defense in Elizabethan London
  • Elizabethan Translations from the Italian
  • Italian Teachers in Elizabethan England
  • Saviolo and His Practice
  • Arms and Armor
• Medieval Sword Resource Site

Citation Helpers:

• APA Style Guide
• APA Style Resources
• APAstyle.org
• APA Examples
• Citation Machine
• EasyBib
• OttoBib

Other Resources:

• Arador Armour Library
• Ask Oxford Dictionary
• British History Timeline
• Classical Fencing & Historical Swordsmanship Resources
• Fencing Bibliography
• International Hopology Society
• On Roman Numerals
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Sword Forum International

Art and Images:

• "Anatomie du gladiateaur combattant", Jean-Galbert Salvage (1812)
• "Austrian Women's Rapier Team" (1888)
• Grace Kelly & Fencing
• "Feldbuch der Wundarznei", Hans von Gersdorff, (1517).
• "Lescrimeuse" by Beraut, Jean, France, 1849 to 1936