Rebecca L. R. Garber

PhD in German Languages and Literatures from UMich in 1999, specialization in Middle High German and Medieval Studies.

Stage combat experience for years.

Translated with the Cambridge HEMA Study group (CHEMAS) since 2010.

Wiktenauer contributions

Translations

The following articles include translations by Rebecca L. R. Garber.

• Fiore de'i Liberi
• Paulus Hector Mair
• Hans Talhoffer

Transcriptions

Rebecca L. R. Garber has transcribed some portion of the following texts.

• Florius de Arte Luctandi (MS Latin 11269)
• Jörg Wilhalm Hutters kunst zu Augspurg (Cgm 3711)
• Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (Cod.10825/10826)
• Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (Cod.icon. 393)

Publications

Rebecca L. R. Garber has produced or contributed to the following books and journal articles.

Author

• Eads, Valerie; Rebecca L. R. Garber (2014). "Amazon, Allegory, Swordswoman, Saint? The Walpurgis Images in Royal Armouries MS I.33." Can These Bones Come to Life? Insights from Reconstruction, Reenactment, and Re-creation 1: 5-23. Wheaton, IL: Freelance Academy Press. ISBN 978-1-937439-13-2.

Translator

• Alte Armature und Ringkunst: The Royal Danish Library Ms. Thott 290 2º (2020). Trans. by Rebecca L. R. Garber. Ed. by Michael Chidester and Dieter Bachmann. Somerville, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-04-5.
• Meyer, Joachim (2023). Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing: The 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer (Reading Edition). Trans. by Rebecca L. R. Garber. Ed. by Michael Chidester. Medford, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-34-2.
• Meyer, Joachim (2023). Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing: The 1570 Treatise of Joachim Meyer (Reference Edition). Trans. by Rebecca L. R. Garber. Ed. by Michael Chidester. Medford, MA: HEMA Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1-953683-30-4 (Vol 1); 978-1-953683-32-8 (Vol 2).