Talk:Fechtschule
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[edit] Merge
I'm not going to say that I oppose or support this merge, because I think there are too many possibilities that exist right now. I think that the two articles may be separate enough to leave them apart, at least for now. While the German school of swordsmanship used Fechtschules, they are not really inherently close enough to put them in one article if both subjects are fully examined. I do think that the article should be moved to something more broad, such as European Fencing Academies, European Schools of Arms, or something along those lines to encompass all the training areas (German, Italian, Spanish) of the European schools of swordsmanship (and have 'Fechschule, Schola d'Arme, etc redirect). After doing that, the article could contain a relatively large amount of information, discussing (briefly) the teachers, but more in depth the evolution of location, population, rules, guild-status, and importance (i.e. Was a King a member? Multiple Princes? Did a monarch speak out against the fechtschules?). Also, the differences of "Fight Schools" between various regions of Europe could be examined, looking at choice of weapon over time, teaching strategy, and martial philosophy (simplistic v. complex, etc). The societal effect later on, in relation to dueling, public opinion, and military use could also be mentioned in more than a couple of paragraphs.
The issue at hand, I believe, is finding someone knowledgeable enough to provide the information or someone with the time and will to seek it out. I would fall into the latter category, but am already backlogged on some of the things I'd like to do Wiki related. As such, I probably wouldn't be able to do more than a minor expansion (3 or 4 cited paragraphs) here until much later this year. Perhaps if no-one surfaces to make the article, it can be temporarily merged to GSoS and then, when more fleshed out to make it stand on its own, set aside as a separate article? -- Xiliquiern 14:54, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
