The Angel and the Serpent is a book which combines scholarship and literary grace, and which recreates for us both the world of the Rappites and the Owenites." ―Henry Steele Commager, The New York Times Book ReviewHere is the story of George Rapp's German Harmonists and Robert Owen's Idealists―the two vastly different communities that shaped the history of New Harmony, Indiana Both the Rappites and the Owenites came to New Harmony to conduct communal living experiments―Rapp expecting the millennium; Owen believing he had brought the millennium with him.

The Angel and the Serpent: The Story of New Harmony

History

Wilson, William E.

Americas

Indiana Univ. Pr

"The Angel and the Serpent is a book which combines scholarship and literary grace, and which recreates for us both the world of the Rappites and the Owenites." ―Henry Steele Commager, The New York Times Book Review
Here is the story of George Rapp's German Harmonists and Robert Owen's Idealists―the two vastly different communities that shaped the history of New Harmony, Indiana Both the Rappites and the Owenites came to New Harmony to conduct communal living experiments―Rapp expecting the millennium; Owen believing he had brought the millennium with him.

The Angel and the Serpent: The Story of New Harmony (Midland Book)

Religion & Spirituality

Indiana University Press

Indiana: A History

Tres Cuentos (Spanish Edition)

Education & Teaching

Garcia-Prada, Carlos

Schools & Teaching

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

The rapier has been immortalized over the centuries and no more-so than today on stage and in film. Princess Bride, the Three Musketeers, and other films have brought this sword to life. Today, stage combatants, fencers, and re-enactors study the world of the rapier. William E. Wilson the founder of the Tattershall School of Defence brings the history and use of the rapier to life in this manual. He dispels many misconceptions about the weapon, discusses its history, and also its purpose and use. The theory and practice of many of the historical masters such as Capoferro, Fabris, Marozzo and others are distilled into a set of lessons, drills and theory simple enough for the beginner to follow.

The Arte of Defence: An Introduction to the Rapier

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Prior to the era of the musketeers. Even prior to the time of Shakespeare. The sword was the side piece and status symbol of the gentleman, throughout Europe. During the 15th and 16th centuries, a famous school of fence was established in Bologna, Italy.The father of this tradition was a Professor of mathematics at the University and was given license to establish a school of fencing. This school lasted for two centuries, culminating in the work of Giovanni dall'Agocchie who influenced the later master Ridolfo Capoferro. In Victorian times, this style of combat was resurrected by Sir Alfred Hutton. This book is a study manual for the Bolognese style of combat.

16th Century Single Sword Combat: Bolognese Fencing

Europe

Seven years after the global collapse things were starting to look up for the people of the Northern Arizona Territory. Trade had been re-established east to Albuquerque and Santa Fe and west to California. Sugar and coffee were coming in from Mexico, and the copper mine had reopened in Jerome. Power had also been restored to Flagstaff, a major hub on the rail line, through a treaty with the Navajo. Then the unthinkable happens and power is cut off just after a sizable payment. Needing answers, the Flagstaff City Council hires Olivia Crawford on the word of her grandfather to lead a small group to the power plant. Can she now, beset by rumors of favoritism, lead her team through inhospitable territory and navigate the distrust of the Navajo to find answers and restore power? Dare she risk exploring the whispers of her heart when she finds herself attracted to a teammate who rumor has it is only there to pick her up when she fails?

Power on the Rez: An Olivia Crawford Adventure

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

No sword and no historical style of swordsmanship is as romanticized as is the rapier of the Italian Renaissance. From the quarrels, brawls and duels of Shakespeare to the raucous abandon of the Three Muskateers, the rapier has long been associated with swashbuckling elegance and rugged excitement.Today, thousands of fencers, stage combatants, martial artists and reenactors are exploring the world of historical technique as recorded by the famous fencing masters of Italy. At Renaissance Faires all across the world tens of thousands carry a rapier at their hip, thuogh few have been able to explore its use. William Wilson, the renowned founder of the Tattershall Schoool of Defence beings the Italian rapier to vivid life with clear, easy-to-understand text and more than 200 photographs. He successfully dispels many common miconceptions about the weapon, discussing its history, purpose and fundamentals of use. For the first time techniques of the most famous Italian masters such as Capo Ferro, Salvatore Fabris, and Camillo Agrippa are distilled into lessons, drills and principles simple enough for a beginner to follow.

Arte of Defence: An Introduction to the Use of the Rapier

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