10-02-2012, 10:10 PM
Really good book. Larson's other books are well worth it. Isaac's Storm is riveting. I put him up there with Sebastian Junger and Simon Winchester for great non-fic reads.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.