Conference: Fencing and combat in the Middle Ages. By Ernest Barceló.

Ernest Barceló, fencing teacher, professionally dedicated to competition, stage and period fencing, will explain how medieval fencing is currently understood and how to define this concept. It will analyze what combat with a sword was like in that period, answering why this way of fighting appeared and how it was characterized and, finally, why it ended up disappearing. The sources of information that we have from the time will be reviewed and we will see to what extent that way of fighting with the sword can be recreated.

Activity organized jointly with the Sant Jordi Medieval Festival Cultural Association of Badalona.