PrintedThe Use of the Broad Sword (Thomas Page, 1746)
English broadsword fencing manual written shortly after the Jacobite rising.
Thomas Page published The Use of the Broad Sword in 1746, shortly after the Jacobite rising was suppressed. The text describes techniques for the Scottish basket-hilted broadsword, which the British army began teaching to its own units after Culloden. Page systematized stances, guards, and cuts into a clear training scheme meant for quickly instructing soldiers. The manual is a key source for reconstructing 18th-century British military fencing.
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