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The famous work of Roger Ascham on bow shooting ‘Toxophilus’, consisting of two books, is translated into Russian and presented to the attention of our readers. The first book of ‘Toxophilus’ is devoted to theoretical research of R. Ascham in the field of onset and evolution of the Great Art of Shooting. Great attention is paid to the role of shooting in bringing up young people. The author pays attention to the influence of shooting on human health as well. Specifically, he points at the moral and ethic aspect of the Great Art. R. Ascham appeals to many sources, various authors, who wrote in ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew and other languages. Our contemporary receives unique possibility to compare presented passages and excerpts from various works and various authors from various times, such as ‘Cyropedia’ by Xenophon, ‘Hercules Tragedy’ by Euripides, ‘Canterbury Tales’ by Chaucer, ‘Iliad’ by Homer, etc. carefully selected and verified by R. Ascham in respect of this immense topic. In simple and intelligible submission, the author presents colossal volume of information shaped in popular in Middle Ages form of dialogue between Master and neophyte. In Enclosure to the translation the reader can look through the original text.
The book is addressed to a wide circle of readers – as masters and amateurs of shooting as well; it may be used for popularization of historical (traditional) archery and for tuition of such shooting method in various historical reconstruction and sporting clubs, as well as for self-training of the shooting method of our ancestors.
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