Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
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Don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza,, Jerónimo de Carranza, Portuguese: Hieronimo de Carança; c. 1539 – c. 1600 or 1608 was a Spanish nobleman, humanist, scientist, one of the most famous fencers, and th
A Treatise on "The Philosophy of Arms", Jerónimo de Carranza ("Compendio de la filosofia de las armas de Geronimo de Carrança")
Gérard Thibault d'Anvers
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Gérard Thibault of Antwerp was a fencing master and writer of the 1628 rapier manual Academie de l'Espée. Thibault was from the Southern Netherlands which is today Belgium. His manual is one of the mo
Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
…the pioneer of the science of handling weapons." His work was continued by his followers pupil Luis Pacheco de Narváez, and Dutch master of fencing Gérard Thibault d'Anvers. It was they who put philosophical, intellectual and moral ideals into the system of combat and continued to develop the school of Spanish fencing…
Chapter 43, Plate XII of Académie de l'Espée, describing the correct way to fight a left-handed swordsman
Watercolor by Torrentius in the album amicorum of Thibault, incl. the six-point star from the coat of arms of the Thibault family
Several versions of Thibault's "mysterious circle" from chapter 1 of Academie de l'Espée.