Description
German fencing guild of the Brotherhood of Saint Mark, from fifteenth-century
Nuremberg and later based in Frankfurt, where it met yearly, elected its captain
(Hauptmann) and examined candidates for the title of master of the longsword.
Emperor Frederick III granted it the monopoly of that title in 1487. It taught
longsword, rapier, dussack, staff and polearms, and rivalled the Federfechter.
Also known as
Brotherhood of Saint Mark · Brotherhood of St. Mark
Founded
14XX
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“The brotherhood originated in 15th-century Nuremberg at an uncertain date and
may have been co-founded by fencing master Hans Talhoffer.”
— Brotherhood of Saint Mark - Wikipedia (English).
Wikipedia (English)link
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Locations (1)
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location_onFrankfurt am Main
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fencing · guild · kunst-des-fechtens
Sources
“but this began to be codified with the formation of an official fencing guild,
the Marxbrüder (Brotherhood of St. Mark), which received an imperial charter
from the emperor Frederick III in 1487.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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“In 1487, Frederick III granted them the monopoly on the title Meister des
langen Schwerts ("master of the long sword"), effectively making them
a fencing guild.”
— Brotherhood of Saint Mark - Wikipedia (English).
Wikipedia (English)link
history
info
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JRHX02PV85XP2AHFDKYXT3
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Marxbrüder. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JRHX02PV85XP2AHFDKYXT3 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JRHX02PV85XP2AHFDKYXT3, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Marxbrüder}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JRHX02PV85XP2AHFDKYXT3}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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