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Peter Falkner

Peter Falkner was a German fencing master, active in the late 15th century, influenced by Paulus Kal. He is the author of a fechtbuch, now KK 5012, at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. He wrote treatises on the usage of longswords, messers, daggers, and on various other weapons of the time period

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Peter Falkner
OccupationFencing master
NationalityGerman
Notable worksKK 5012

Peter Falkner was a German fencing master, active in the late 15th century (roughly 1470s or 1480s), influenced by Paulus Kal. He is the author of a fechtbuch, now KK 5012, at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. He wrote treatises on the usage of longswords, messers, daggers, and on various other weapons of the time period1

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