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Fencing school in Renaissance-era Germany (infosec.pub)
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[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Were those pants and shirts comfortable for fencing or physical activity in general?

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Baggy jeans of the era.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

I imagine so many bruises: new on top of old with many colors; patterns of bruises traipsing up and down the bodies of the students

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I don't know what I was expecting, but for a moment my eyes fooled me and I thought that pair centre-centre were duelling with sausages.