Le jeu de la hache
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Le jeu de la hache is a French manual on combat with the poleaxe dating to ca. 1400.
The manuscript measures 240mm by 160mm and consists of ten vellum leaves. The text consists of a prologue (fols. 2r-v, paragraphs 1-4), a main section (paragraphs 4-51) describing combat between two right-handed opponents, followed by a shorter part (paragraphs 52-73) discussing how a right-handed knight should deal with a left-handed opponent.
The manuscript is recorded to have been part of the library of Francis I
in 1544 as it was moved to Fontainebleau.
The manuscript measures 240mm by 160mm and consists of ten vellum leaves. The text consists of a prologue (fols. 2r-v, paragraphs 1-4), a main section (paragraphs 4-51) describing combat between two right-handed opponents, followed by a shorter part (paragraphs 52-73) discussing how a right-handed knight should deal with a left-handed opponent.
The manuscript is recorded to have been part of the library of Francis I
Francis I of France
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...
in 1544 as it was moved to Fontainebleau.
Literature
- Anglo, Sydney. "Le Jeu de la Hache. A Fifteenth-Century Treatise on the Teaching of Chivalric Axe Combat" Archaeologia 109 (1991) 113-28
External links
- http://jfgilles.club.fr/escrime/bibliotheque/jeu_de_la_hache/index.html
- http://www.thearma.org/spotlight/lejeudelahache.htm
- http://www.thearma.org/spotlight/NotesLEJEUDELAHACHE.htm