We offer several conferences throughout the event. They are given by instructors and academic researchers of international renown.
Mars&Sol: a collection for HEMA
By Hélène Leblanc & Benjamin Conan
Benjamin Conan and Hélène Leblanc created the Mars&Sol collection at Éditions Solstices in 2023 by publishing their French translation of the Hans Medl Fechtbuch, Cod.I.6.2.5 (UB Augsburg – Oettingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek).
Three years later (this year 2026), the collection expands with a second volume: the translation from Latin into French, by François Siedel, of the manuscript Ms C.15 held at the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden, entitled Sciomachia et Hoplomachia. In addition to these two translations, the collection also includes the publication of the proceedings of the FFAMHE symposia, entitled “Le sport, la mort, et le pâté en croûte” (“Sport, Death, and the Pork Pie”), edited by Olivier Dupuis & Ju Garry.
This lecture will be an opportunity to share our journey and our work as series editors, what drives us, and the projects ahead.
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Hugo Wittenwiler
This lecture will complement the workshop in our discovery of Hugo Wittenwiler, a Swiss fencer, active during the 15th century, from the area around Wil or Toggenburg, nowadays in the canton of St Gallen.
His fencing manual can be found in the codex Cgm 558, a codex containing several works written in midle high german and covering various subjects from Alemannic Switzerland. The manual covers multiple weapons, fighting on foot or mounted.
Little is known about Hugo Wittenwiler. In the lecture we will look at the other weapons but also at the hunting treatise bearing the signature of Hugo Wittenwiler, trying to gain further insights on our author and his context.
Do you want to give a conference at the 2026 edition ? Please get in touch !