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J. Christoph Amberger

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Amberger grew up in West Berlin, Germany. He studied at the Freie Universität Berlin, Aberdeen University (Scotland), and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. He earned his M.A. from St. John's College Graduate Institute (Annapolis, MD) and, decades later, his J.D. from University of Baltimore School of Law.

After working as a publishing executive for 20-some years, he became an attorney in 2015 and has worked as a private defense attorney, Baltimore City prosecutor, now as Director in compliance for the City of Baltimore.

Amberger started fencing in 1984. Between 1985 and 1988, he fought seven Mensuren in Germany. In 1994, he launched Hammerterz Forum, one of the first attempts to gather and unite aficionados and researchers sharing his enthusiasm of historic fencing. Among his first contributors were S. Matthew Galas and John Clements. As a result of his research, he published The Secret History of the Sword — Adventures in Ancient Martial Arts in 1998. After Hammerterz merged with Nick Evangelista's Fencers Quarterly Magazine in 2000, he became staff editor for historical fencing at FQM. Since 2009, he publishes his research at www.fencingclassics.wordpress.com

In 2020, he co-authored Codex Amberger with Dierck Hagedorn.

From 2008-2021, he coached at several Baltimore-area fencing clubs and currently fences épée at Homewood Fencing Club.

Amberger lives in Towson, Maryland. His collection of fencing texts and weapons is among the largest private collections in North America.

Relevant contributions to HEMA:

Hammerterz Forum (publisher, editor, writer, 1994-2000); Deadly Duels vol. 2 (1996); Fencers Quarterly Magazine (staff writer, 2000-2005); The Secret History of the Sword (1998), Codex Amberger, with Dierck Hagedorn (2020).

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J. Christoph Amberger has produced or contributed to the following books and journal articles.

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