The Medieval Dagger

The Medieval DaggerGuy Windsor presents a complete guide to Italian dagger combat, as set down in Il Fior di Battaglia, a manuscript written in 1410. Readers are guided through the processes of this six hundred year old art, from guard positions to steps and turns; from disarms to locks and takedowns; from safe falling practice to formal drills.

Directory of World Cinema: Japan provides an insight into Japanese cinema through reviews of significant titles and case studies of directors

in the light of its evolutive application by the European Committee of Social Rights

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These varied contributions illuminate performances that range from theatre in Thai refugee camps to site-specific works staged in a run-down immigrant community in the United Kingdom

This book examines the way in which the issue of crime

This is a genuinely multi-disciplinary book that offers an accessible overview of how Ireland and what it means to be Irish has changed during the last century

In this lucid and timely new book Jeremy Pressman demonstrates that the default use of military force on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict has prevented its peaceful resolution

The authors introduce the concept of artists as context providers – people who establish networks of information in a highly collaborative creative process

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from big-budget blockbusters to modest indie pictures

instead offering a nuanced picture of both the promises and pitfalls of engaging audiences for research in the humanities

the nature of advertising production and reception