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Marxbrüder

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calendar_month14XX
location_onFrankfurt am Main Germany

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 history info

Locations (1)

  • location_onFrankfurt am Main Germany
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Tags

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 info
“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.
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@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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