Our team finally arrives in London, England to set up for a shoot at Dr. Sydney Anglo’s house. Led by British cinematographer, Stuart Aimer, the crew buckles down for a fascinating day with one of the world’s most knowledgeable and prolific experts on Renaissance Martial Arts.
One of his most notable books, The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe comes as a wave of knowledge to the masses thirsting for facts about European martial arts. Both practitioners and scholars have long awaited this book and it is worth the wait. It would be no exaggeration to call this book the most important work on historical fencing and European martial arts in more than 100 years.
And the great breadth of his knowledge and passion for his subject during the interview merely emphasized his work’s incalculable value to the serious study of historical Renaissance fighting tactics. ARMA is steeped in a research-based and historically accurate academic atmosphere and Dr. Sidney Anglo helps bring these ancient books to life.
Sydney Anglo is research professor of history at the University of Wales. Among his publications are Spectacle, Pageantry and Early Tudor Policy (1969), Machiavelli: a Dissection (1969) and Images of Tudor Kingship (1992).
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February 23rd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
[...] In addition to the select “making of” videos we will also be revealing extended clips and brilliant interviews that can only be seen on the RTB Video Production Channel. Including exclusive clips from actors and academics such as Viggo Mortensen and Dr. Sidney Anglo. Over 300 hours of footage was captured to create Reclaiming the Blade and you can bet that lots of great parts were unfortunately left out. Also each episode opener, starting with this first video, will include sneak peaks at David James Nielsen’s score for the film. [...]
June 5th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
[...] Production Channel. Including exclusive clips from actors and academics such as Viggo Mortensen and Dr. Sidney Anglo. Over 300 hours of footage was captured to create Reclaiming the Blade and certainly lots of great [...]