Speakers and Topics
This list is compiled with the information that is currently available; more speakers may come on board closer to the time, and presentation topics may change. This page will be kept up to date as new information becomes available.
Prof. Sydney Anglo
"Beyond connoisseurship. R.L. Scott and creative collecting."
Prof. Matthew Strickland
"Beyond Cold Steel: the Symbolism of the Sword in Medieval Chivalric Culture."
Dr Tobias Capwell
"The Noble Art of the Sword: Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe 1520-1630"
Mr Robert C. Woosnam-Savage
"'A Master of Arms': RL Scott, the man and his collection."
Mr Peter Johnsson
"'Thou didst order all things by measure and number and weight': a hypothesis regarding principles of design for the medieval sword."
Mr Matt Galas
"Tournaments through the ages, and how this applies to modern reconstructions of the European martial arts."
Mr John Clements
"Renaissance Martial Culture: Past, Present and Future"
Mr Steve Hick
"Montante: the fight against many and answering Eudemio's dilemma."
Mr Dierk Hagedorn
"Fighting in armour: concepts and misconceptions – supported by Master Hans Talhoffer and his fencing treatises"
Mr Bartłomiej Walczak
"Mounted combat fighting skills in late medieval Europe as recorded in fencing treatises."
Mr Fabrice Cognot
topic to be confirmed
Mr Daniel Jaquet
"An armour in a laboratory. Insight into experimentation with gestures according to the fightbooks."