05-05-2013, 02:51 PM
SM Stirling's "Emberverse" series. He is starting to milk it a bit, but still a rollicking time in post-apocalypse America. The Gods are walking amongst men once more, and they apparently don't cotton to firearms. It's swords now, men!
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.