Translations

HEMA Bookshelf is proud to offer the following translations of historical European martial arts texts.

 
 

Pieces of Ringeck (pre-order)
The Definitive Edition of the Gloss of Sigmund Ainring

by Sigmund Ainring, Michael Chidester, and Dierk Hagedorn
Foreword by Tea Kew

Version: 1st edition (November 2024)
Length: 490 pages

$59.99 Hardcover

Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing
The 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer

by Joachim Meyer, Tobias Stimmer (illustrator), Rebecca L. R. Garber (translator), Michael Chidester (editor)
Introductions by Christopher VanSlambrouck and Roger Norling

Reading Edition:

Version: 1st edition (August 2023)
Length: 478 pages

$49.99 Hardcover
$29.99 Softcover
$14.99 eBook

Reference Edition:

Version: 1st edition (December 2023)
Length: 512 pages (vol. 1) and 238 pages (vol. 2)

$49.99 (vol. 1), $59.99 (vol. 2) Hardcover
$39.99 (vol. 1), $49.99 (vol. 2) Softcover

$99.99 Hardcover set
$79.99 Softcover set

Alte Armatur und Ringkunst
The Royal Danish Library Ms. Thott 290 2º (Reproduction and Commentary)

by Hans Talhoffer, Rebecca L. R. Garber (translator), Dieter Bachmann (transcriber), Michael Chidester (editor)
Articles by Paul Becker, Michael Chidester, Ariella Elema, Dierk Hagedorn, Daniel Jaquet, Christian Henry Tobler

Companion Volume:

Version: 2nd edition (November 2021)
Length: 194 pages

$64.99 Hardcover
$39.99 Softcover

Reproduction Volume:

Version: 1st edition (November 2022)
Length: 300 pages

$79.99 Hardcover
$39.99 Softcover

$129.99 Hardcover 2-volume set
$69.99 Softcover 2-volume set

 

Bauman’s Fight Book
Augsburg University Library Cod. Ⅰ.6.4º 2 (Reproduction and Commentary)

by Christian Henry Tobler and Jessica Finley (translators), Dierk Hagedorn (transcriber), Michael Chidester (editor)
Articles by Michael Chidester, Jessica Finley, Elias Flatscher, Dierk Hagedorn, Marlene Hurst, Lucien Lee, Charles Lin, Oskar ter Mors, Reinier van Noort, Christian Henry Tobler, and Bartłomiej Walczak

Commentary Volume:

Version: 1st edition (October 2022)
Length: 265 pages

$64.99 Hardcover
$49.99 Softcover

Reproduction Volume:

Version: 1st edition (November 2023)
Length: 224 pages

$59.99 Hardcover
$39.99 Softcover

$114.99 Hardcover 2-volume set
$79.99 Softcover 2-volume set

 

Fencing or the Science of Arms by Salvator Fabris
Illustrated and Unillustrated Editions

by Salvator Fabris, A. F. Johnson (translator), Michael Chidester (transcriber)

Version: 1st edition (May 2022)
Length: 712 pages

$39.99 Hardcover
$29.99 Softcover

 

The Flower of Battle
MS M 383

by Michael Chidester (with appendix by Jay Leccese)

Version: 1st edition (April 2021)
Length: 162 pages

$49.99 Hardcover
$39.99 Softcover

“…The Foundation and Core of All the Arts of Fighting”
The Long Sword Gloss of GNM Manuscript 3227ª

by Michael Chidester (translator) and Dierk Hagedorn (translator)

Reading Edition:

Version: 1st edition (February 2021)
Length: 100 pages

$19.99 Hardcover
$14.99 Softcover
$9.99 eBook

Reference Edition:

Version: 2nd edition (January 2021)
Length: 153 pages

$49.99 Hardcover
$39.99 Softcover