Who whacked Talhoffer? With Dierk Hagedorn

The Sword Guy Podcast

The Sword Guy Podcast episode 59

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This episode is with Dierk Hagedorn, who is something of a legend in our community. He is a translator and author of very many books. Last summer he had seven new books on the go at once. Dierk has translated and produced scholarly editions of Gladiatoria and Lecküchner’s Messer fencing treatise, Peter von Danzig’s manuscript, Albrecht Dürer, and many more.

Last year, when Dierk was working on a translation and transcription with Christian Tobler, he discovered a passage which somebody had taken great pains to try and erase. With a lot of detective work and perseverance, he discovered that the deleted passage referred to Hans Talhoffer being sliced in the hand and whacked on the head. We discuss why it might have been deleted, and why it was there in the first place.

And of course, I have to quote Dierk when he said “Liechtenauer possibly wasn’t that good.” You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out the context of that!

Useful Links

• Dierk Hagedorn on Wiktenauer
• Dierk Hagedorn design
• Hammaborg Historischer Schwertkampf
• Dierk’s YouTube channel

Guy’s new book, as mentioned in the intro, can be found at guywindsor.net/solo