I would say it does because from what you describe the roots are Scottish how long it remains so is a deferent question do to changes over time.
@michiganmedieval
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment! I pretty much agree with this assessment. It hints at the necessary follow up question, “would people have thought of this author’s work as a Scottish broadsword treatise at the time when it was written?”
@bellakaldera3305
9 ай бұрын
Donald McBane was known for using a smallsword and a spadroon in his own writing, but knowing McBane, I suspect the type of blade didn't matter, whether a colchimarde, a basket hilted broadsword or a hanger...he'd cut you with any of them.
@michiganmedieval
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment! So you would say then that this counts as Scottish broadsword source material?
@bellakaldera3305
9 ай бұрын
Oh certainly @@michiganmedieval Och aye it do me laddie.
@jf5078
9 ай бұрын
Yes I would say so but I am not convinced there was anything really different fundamentally between Scottish and English swordsmanship outside of maybe the inclusion of the targe.
@michiganmedieval
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment! Generally speaking I’m inclined to agree for the most part. However, there’re some notable outliers, Thomas Page’s 1746 treatise, for example. It presents a style that has distinctly different body mechanics than the typical British military swordsmanship we’re usually familiar with.
@fearnpol4938
7 ай бұрын
Belgian language? 🤦♂️
@michiganmedieval
7 ай бұрын
*Dutch or French languages* I just googled it, and you are 100% correct in pointing out my mistake, thank you haha! I visited Belgium in 2012, and I could identify that what they were speaking was definitely not French. I speak a little German, but zero Dutch, so I just assumed it was its own language. My mistake!
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