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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am very happy with this collaborative project at #LeséditionsSolstices, and, as @dokdoyle.bsky.social recently pointed out in one of our conversations, to take the time to appreciate and share the work that has been accomplished, before moving on immediately to the next task.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

More than 60 book packaged and sent on Saturday - the printed versions of Gunterrodt should reach backers today. Very glad to help bring to light one of the most important 16th century text on historical fencing. #HEMA #Books

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Alexandre Jubelin @alexjubelin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Le podcast a désormais un site internet/plateforme ! (bienvenue dans le XXIe siècle donc) On peut y retrouver tous les épisodes facilement (je crois), classés par thèmes, par format et par invité, avec des players audio et la vidéo YT quand elle est disponible. lecollimateur.fr

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Le Collimateur - tous les épisodes du podcast

Le podcast des questions militaires et stratégiques, produit par Alexandre Jubelin

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In a new entry of his fantastic blog Ensis Sub Caleo, Vincent offers a concordance between Lovino and the XVIIth century copy linked in my previous post. #HEMA #sidesword

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Pseudo-Lovino concordance | Ensis Sub Caelo

A short presentation of a recently found set of plates apparently copied from Lovino's manuscript, and a concordance with the original.

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finally arrived in Sherbrooke, Quebec and happy to participate to the XIXe Rencontres du Réseau international francophone de recherche en #Éducation et #Formation I will have the opportunity to discuss the #vulnerability involved in #experimentalapproaches to the #historyofcombat

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28/06/2026

Book doodle found in an 15th century book: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

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Thomas Morel @thomas-morel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

L'université française toute cette semaine: "Je remercie les organisateurs du séminaire pour leur *chaleureuse* invitation"

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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Arc long et idées courtes. @v-h-t.bsky.social dans le podcast Le fil de l’épée aujourd’hui pour parler du « longbow », d’Azincourt, et des mythes mémoriels et historiograpiques accompagnant cette arme. Bonne écoute ! youtu.be/jxA8um9nTg0?...

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L'arme fatale #7 : Arc long et idées courtes. Au-delà des idées reçues sur le longbow médiéval

YouTube video by Le Collimateur

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Despite the heat, I have no regrets about making a detour to Paris Arsenal library. The @labnf.bsky.social exhibition "Powder and Ink" is fantastic. Go there to see #GirardThibault #Callot and #Sade sharing the same room

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I have just finished Metaphysical Animals by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman. My conclusion? Read it! You’ll learn so much. Here is a short review in 7 bullet points.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The personification of the Seven Liberal Arts: Astronomy, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry, Rhetoric, Logic and Grammar BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c.1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.29r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Happy to share the link of my article cowritten with Pascale Bermon on the Prologue of Ralph #Strode's #Obligationes : the practice of #logic as an art of #combat (Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du Moyen Âge 2025/1) : shs.cairn.info/tap-wj908zpu... #medievalstudies #historyoflogic

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Marie Kergoat @mariekerg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

⚔️ L’appel à contribution du tout prochain colloque de la FFAMHE, qui aura lieu du côté de Besançon fin août ! www.ffamhe.fr/colloque-2026

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Colloque 2026 – FFAMHE

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Today, I was so happy to find it in my letterbox the 2025 issue of the Archives d'Histoire Doctrinale et Littéraire du #MoyenÂge. It includes an article co-written by me and Pascale Bermon on the 14th c. Oxford philosopher Ralph #Strode and his approach to logic as a form of combat #historyoflogic

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Today marks the completion of a project that began over two years ago: the publication of François Siedel’s translation and edition of Sciomachia and Hoplomachia by Heinrich von #Gunterrodt, a 16th-century lawyer and #fencer. Now freely available at solstices-project.com/categorie-pr...

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Mars & Sol – Les éditions Solstices

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DescartesLab @descarteslab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

📣Next meeting - #DescartesLab March 27, 2026 - at 3.00 pm (Italy time) / 10.00 am (NY city) Discussion of Elodie Cassan's Le langage de la raison (Vrin, 2023) #histphilo #17thcentury #ageofreason #Descartes #cartesianism - attendance is free fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/m...

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

According to Mercuriale (1569, I, 10), Greeks and Romans went to the baths for the taste of being clean (!): As clothing had not yet been invented, people easily became dusty and it was necessary ‘to wash at least 3 or 4 times a month’

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

John #Locke prefers #wrestling to #fencing: "And certainly a man of courage who cannot fence at all, and therefore will put all upon one thrust, and not stand parrying, has the odds against a moderate fencer, especially if he has skill in wrestling...."

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

One of the things I like the most about #HEMA club is the mini-conferences we run thrice a year. It started with online courses during the Plague, and evolved into the current format. Here are pics from last Tuesday, at the Mazot cosmique, with Olivier presenting a history of the #foil. ⚔

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Lors de #Marquisattack VI - Odyssée, @heleneleblanc.bsky.social d'Annecy a tenu une conférence sur la cuture et les références philosophiques mobilisée par les auteurs des livres de combat - elle est accessible librement sur youtube. #HEMA #Philo

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MARQUISATTACK 2026 Aristote et Liechtenauer sont sur un bateau - Hélène LEBLANC

YouTube video by F.H.E.M.A Sources

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

A little reading in the pipeline : Martin Kintzinger, Dialog, Duell, Disputation

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I have been waiting for this book for a long time: I am delighted to share this announcement of a publication authored by friends and colleagues. For anyone interested in #medieval logical practices #medievalphilosophy #historyoflogic

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It's a bit specific, but it took me a while to find them, so for anyone who would be interested: Lucini's dwarves fencers have been digitised by the BNF and are available in the Marolles collection ark:/12148/btv1b53266963x Volume 1, pp. 97-98 #historyoffencing #CamilloAgrippa #JacquesCallot

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Un très bel épisode pour un très beau podcast que j'avais intérieurement élu meilleur podcast de l'année 🤩! après avoir poncé presque tous les épisodes du #Collimateur, ça fait tout drôle d'entendre parler, très bien, d'un sujet que je connais bien lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

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L'arme fatale : l'épée à deux mains [Le Fil de l'épée #2]

Pour ce deuxième épisode de ce format consacré aux armes iconiques de l'histoire militaire (désormais intitulé "l'arme fatale") le Fil de l'épée se penche sur l'épée longue (ou à deux mains) de la fin...

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

As part of the Observatory podcast series, the NOTCOM Team has produced two new episodes. Check them out: - 'Green sickness, the disease of virgins' with Úna Faller notcom.hypotheses.org/6657 - 'Se battre en philosophie' avec @heleneleblanc.bsky.social notcom.hypotheses.org/6991

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

So good to see a publication like this in OA : #Signs and #Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective #Premodern and #EarlyModern Sources, eds. Maria Auxent and Glenn W. Most, brill.com/display/titl...

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Very happy to be in #Oxford as an invited researcher at the Maison Française d'Oxford. I will be a collaborator in the ERC NOTCOM : a philosophical study of common notions, collective inquiry, and dissemination strategies in 17th c. natural science #historyofphilosophy #earlymodern

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ERC Project 'NOTCOM'

The Common Notion. Science and Consensus in the Seventeenth Century

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Correcting #ethics exams Episode 2. When students skilfully sidestep the big questions : ‘We will not dwell on the definition of good; others have done so (or at least tried to) before me, so my task is marginally less complex.’

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

In a recently published note by Erik Jan Bos, we discover some fascinating facts about the dual professional lives of the #mastersofarms. 👇Here is a short summary of this publication in the #Bulletincartésien LV, which is available (with restricted access) on shs.cairn.info/revue-archiv...

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Here is the call for applications for the #SummerSchool (Paris, @inha.fr @labnf.bsky.social ) ‘Research on Seventeenth-Century Art’, whose theme for 2026 will be ‘Docere, Delectare, Movere’ (To Teach, To Please, To Move) #HistoryofArt #17thcentury universite17.hypotheses.org

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Recherches sur l'art du dix-septième siècle

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

There, I've just clicked on the ‘submit application’ button for the #CNRS researcher competition, for the fifth consecutive year. My Christmas holiday work is done.

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Hot off the press: "The Hand to the Sword Like the Mind to the Word", Encounters in Theory and History of Education, vol. 26 (2025), 220-246 It's Christmas with key words: #embodiedknowledge #fencing #medieval #historicalmartialarts ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/en...

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The Hand to the Sword Like the Mind to the Word: Learning Embodied Knowledge from Late Medieval Fight Books | Encounters in Theory and History of Education

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Hey everyone! 🎉 Today marks 10 years since I defended my doctoral thesis in #philosophy. It's a wonderful anniversary and a great opportunity to reflect on the journey so far. Here's a thread👇

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Next week, I will be discussing the #scholastic culture of #15th century #mastersofarms at the Universite de Lausanne. In addition to the pleasure of sharing this research, the workshop programme is wonderful. Many thanks to Joël Chandelier for organizing and inviting me!

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Happy to share this review of Élodie Cassan, Le Langage de la raison, Vrin, 2023 A fresh look at the reception of #Descartes in the 20th c. as represented by the triad #Chomsky #Bourdieu #Foucault, and a great book of history of philosophy ! shs.cairn.info/revue-revue-...

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

For its sixth edition, the CELACAMTHE of #Annecy is organising its yearly Historical European Martial Arts event. It will take place on 14 and 15 February. Proposals for workshops and conferences can be submitted until 1 December 2025. More information at escrime-annecy.com/marquisattac... #HEMA

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Ce semestre je donne mon séminaire d'éthique à destination des enseignants du primaire à l'université de Genève. Le tout nouveau "Manuel d'éthique professionnelle pour l'enseignement du primaire" de Christophe Point, figure en bonne place dans la bibliographie.

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Students maximising paper in the late fifteenth-century (KBR, Logica : [ms. II 1036])

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

In 58 days (if I've counted correctly)... Many thanks to @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social and Aurélien Robert for organizing this beautiful conference on "Quantification in context". I am honoured (and impressed) to participate with a talk on #latemedieval and #earlymodern #fightbooks

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The joy of receiving your author's copy in the mail 🤩

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Last week, I took part in a summer school on the topic #image in the 17th century as a member of the scientific committee. Here are a few pictures from a visit to the @inha.fr and the #BNF département des estampes. Many thanks to the staff for their work and hospitality universite17.hypotheses.org

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

A whole volume in OA on the #image during the #seventeenthcentury. I contributed to the volume by writing an article on #diagrams in the #scholastic textbooks #earlymodern universite17.hypotheses.org/files/2025/0...

Pons Asinorum (« Le Pont aux ânes »), gravure insérée dans
un cahier d’étudiant en philosophie, Louvain-la-Neuve,
Archives de l’Université catholique de Louvain, Collection Magister
Dixit Project, Ms. C24, Dialectica, fol. 131v.

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Ben Conan @dokdoyle.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Random #HEMA Internet find Pt 4 - the New Academy, and lessons from Mr. Vodromont, Master of Arms, in four parts, including parries and ripostes from single to double, Explanations in Questions and Answers, how to place a student and train him in a very short time and without the slightest fatigue.

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Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

In a month's time there will be a one-day IHRIM/NOTCOM workshop in Lyon on #Cartesianism and the #historyofideas. I will be discussing #Descartes on #fencing and also, as the background of the poster suggests, Descartes' opinion of #GirardThibault d'Anvers (spoiler: he doesn't like it)

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