Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Elizabethan Fencing Masters; 2. The Beginning of the Italian Invasion: Giacomo Di Grassi's TrueArte; 3. Vincentia Saviolo: His Practise in Two Bookes; 4. The English Reply: George Silver and His Paradoxes of Defence; 5. Elizabethan Swordplay Reconstructed; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors; Back Cover