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• Niccolò Menozzi
  ...tschwert/montante] both from a fencing and more historiographical point of view. ...nt to present a comprehensive overview on the topic, trying to debunk some of the most diffused stereotypes and beliefs about this weapon.
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Spear vs. Other Weapons
  ...attacks the Scholar with his lance, the Scholar advances his left foot out of the way, beating and voiding the lance. And he steps close to him without d ...ar, and made cover under my dagger (that is, a crossing) with the back end of his spear, then this would not have happened. If he had known how to do thi
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• Pedro de Heredia
  | notableworks = Book of Lessons ...y attributions, but a catalog description from 25 June 1900 attributed one of the manuscripts to Pedro de Heredia for reasons unknown.{{cn}}
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• Adam van Breen
  ...by Hendrick Avercamp and David Vinckboons, he was possibly a pupil of one of them. ...s author. The structure and format of the treatise is strongly reminiscent of ''[[Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (Jacob de Gheyn II)
  64 KB (10,382 words) - 03:22, 20 October 2023
• André des Bordes
  | patron = Henri II, Duke of Lorraine ...hen Henri became duke in 1609, Bordes was named a gentleman, and in August of 1609 he was raised to nobility (with the usual fees waived). Earlier that y
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• Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
  ...eronimo Jeronimo de Carranza’s “Philosophy” of Arms]''. [[Martinez Academy of Arms]]. Retrieved 11 November 2011.</ref> ...Amidst extensive philosophical musings, this manual presented a new system of [[rapier]] fencing based on science and geometry which he called [[la Verda
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• Jacopo Monesi
  ...' was an [[nationality::Italian]] [[fencing master]] during the first half of the [[century::17th century]]. </p> ...ronage and recognition in his own lifetime at the court of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under Ferdinando II de' Medici. </p>
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• Johannes Liechtenauer
  | full title = A Recital on the Chivalric<br/>Art of Fencing | state of existence =
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• Nicoletto Giganti
  | citizenship = Republic of Venice ...reface to his 1608 treatise describes him as a Master of Arms to the Order of Santo Stefano in Pisa, a powerful military order founded by Cosimo I de' Me
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• Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli
  ...ty at the University of Siena, either holding a position analogous to dean of all German students, or perhaps merely the fencing master who taught the Ge ...rte e dell'Uso della Scherma]]'' ("Great Representation of the Art and Use of Fencing"); it was published in Siena in 1610, but refers to Federico by the
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• Liber de Arte Dimicatoria
  | alternative title(s) = "[[title::Book on the Art of Fencing]]" | date of issue =
  68 KB (11,630 words) - 16:03, 17 November 2023
• Francesco Fernando Alfieri
  ...atics, famously turning down Galileo Galilei for the position of professor of mathematics in 1610. ...epidemic, bringing its population from 30,000 to a mere 13,000, with many of the academy's students losing their lives.
  135 KB (21,899 words) - 21:08, 29 March 2024
• Lulu booklist
  Since Lulu doesn't support making custom book lists, I put together this list of transcriptions and translations and such available through the site. I'll u 100% of proceeds go toward Wiktenauer's costs:
  101 KB (14,647 words) - 19:59, 26 January 2024
• Salvator Fabris
  | alma_mater = University of Padua (?) | Christianus Ⅳ of Denmark
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• Giacomo di Grassi
  | first printed edition= ''His True Arte of Defence'' (1594) ...ol in Treviso and apparently traveled around Italy observing the teachings of other schools and masters.
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• Giovanni dall'Agocchie
  | patron = Fabio Pepoli, Count of Castiglione (?) ...hree Books on the Art of Defense"). He dedicated it to Fabio Pepoli, Count of Castiglione, but it's unclear if he was ever attached to the comital court.
  299 KB (52,677 words) - 05:30, 11 November 2023
• Vincentio Saviolo
  | patron = Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ...s activities in London, but as these are largely derived from the writings of his hostile critic [[George Silver]], it's unclear how trustworthy they are
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/alternate order
  ...n.png|300px|right|thumb|A speculative reconstruction of the missing leaves of the MS M.383.]] ...ight in combat in the barriers, I am going to give memory and name of some of them here:
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• Abu-I-Hassan Ali ibn Abd-ar-Rahman al-Farazi al-Andalus
  ...in his poems, he requests help from Muhammed V and Yusuf III near the end of his life. ...a Nacional, 1977)</ref> This second treatise coincides with the coronation of Sultan Nazari Muhammad VII, and was probably composed in his honour. This w
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• Federico Ghisliero
  ...ation|https://msmallridge.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/ghisliero-1587-rules-of-many-knightly-exercises.pdf}} ...ortunately most of his writings were destroyed in a fire at the University of Turin in 1904.<ref name="Anglo 30">Anglo 1994, p. 30.</ref>
  299 KB (50,043 words) - 00:45, 29 March 2024
• Fiore de'i Liberi/Images2
  | <p>[1] In the name of God and Saint George, we begin our system with Grappling on foot, seeking t ...nd. And if that lock looks like it will fail me, then I will switch to one of the other locks that follow.</p>
  347 KB (64,058 words) - 19:19, 21 February 2022
• Fiore de'i Liberi/Images
  | <p>[1] In the name of God and Saint George, we begin our system with Grappling on foot, seeking t ...nd. And if that lock looks like it will fail me, then I will switch to one of the other locks that follow.</p>
  347 KB (63,985 words) - 19:19, 21 February 2022
• Johannes Lecküchner
  | data16 = University of Leipzig ...nger), but his writings demonstrate no connection to or awareness of those of Lecküchner.</ref>
  468 KB (81,340 words) - 16:05, 17 November 2023
• Philibert de la Touche
  |<p>The true Principles of the Single Sword</p> <p>in feats of Arms in Paris, and</p>
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• George Silver
  | notableworks = ''[[Paradoxes of Defence (George Silver)|Paradoxes of Defence]]'' (1599) | [[Paradoxes of Defence (Additional MS 34192)|Additional MS 34192]] (1599)
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• Hans Talhoffer
  ....2º 102r.jpg|250px|center|thumb|''Talhoffer's heraldry, including the Lion of St. Mark'']] ...the ratio. He authored at least five [[fencing manual]]s during the course of his career, and appears to have made his living teaching, including trainin
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• Fiore de'i Liberi
  ...hroughout both the Getty and Pisani Dossi MSS, and may be a representation of Fiore himself. | notableworks = ''The Flower of Battle''
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• Joachim Meyer
  ...the German grand master [[Johannes Liechtenauer]], and in the later years of his life he devised at least four distinct and quite extensive [[fencing ma ...zzo]]'s printed treatise is, however, apparent in the rapier illustrations of his 1561 manuscript and the dagger plays in his book.</ref>
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• Gérard Thibault d'Anvers/Plates 1-11
  ...Tableau / Plate I - Philosophical Discussion; Construction and Mathematics of the Circle; Concerning the Sword: Proper Length and Introduction. |EXPLANATION OF THE FIRST PLATE
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