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10-24-2001, 04:22 AM
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#1 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: London
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| Heidelberg Duelling Scar
I am an journalist/author based in London and New York.
I am researching a book on Heidelberg duelling.
I am looking for any information on Heidelberg duelling, people who have done it, been in attendance or maybe just know something about its history.
For any information at all I would be really grateful.
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10-24-2001, 06:15 AM
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#2 | | Immortal
Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Heidelberg, GE
Posts: 5,488
| What you are looking for is information on Mensur, which is ritual combat by German student fraternities. It is practiced at many universities, not just Heidelberg. The estimable and indefatigueably self-promoting Chris Amberger has done it and written about it--his email is zoergiebel@aol.com. I would recommend that you learn a little more about your subject before contacting him, however. He does not suffer fools kindly.
Regards, MR
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10-24-2001, 08:13 AM
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#3 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: CA area
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| Get Mark Twain's (yes, Mark Twain) book, "A Tramp Abroad". In the early chapters, he describes with quite exquisite detail about the cadet program involving dueling.
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10-24-2001, 10:21 AM
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#4 | | Armorer
Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Milwaukee, WI
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| The website for Chris Amberger's book "Secret History of the Sword" is www.swordhistory.com -- the book has parts on the mensur and it's place in the larger world of fencing. Doing a search at Google or the like for the terms "Mensur" and "studentische Fechten" will lead you to a good number of Mensur-related web sites.
-Dave
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10-24-2001, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Highland, MI USA
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| Hey sabreur... I am originally from the Heidelberg area... How's the weather in my home town?
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10-24-2001, 11:20 PM
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#6 | | Immortal
Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Heidelberg, GE
Posts: 5,488
| Chthulu,
It's raining and about 15 degrees C--just about what you'd expect for this time of year.
MR
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10-29-2001, 09:03 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Summit, NJ, USA
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| Actually, Chris gave a mensur presentation at this years WMA. Good stuff. I really like some of the transitional weapons that he showed that were developed before the full cage or bell mensur.
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