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| De la Filosofia de las Armas y de su Destreza y la Aggression y Defensa Cristiana |
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| On the Philosophy of Arms and its Skill, and Christian Offense and Defense |
Title page of the 1569 edition |
| Author(s) |
Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza |
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| Dedicated to |
Duke Alonso de Guzmán |
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| Place of Origin |
Medina-Sidonia, Spain |
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| Language |
Spanish |
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| Genre(s) |
Fencing manual |
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| Publication Date |
1569, 1582, 1612, 1616 |
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| Pages |
599 pages |
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De la Filosofia de las Armas y de su Destreza y la Aggression y Defensa Cristiana ("On the Philosophy of Arms and its Skill, and Christian Offense and Defense") is a Spanish fencing manual written by Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza and initially printed in 1569. Carranza's treatise presented a new system of rapier fencing based on geometry which he called la Verdadera Destreza ("The True Skill").
Publication History
De la Filosofia de las Armas y de su Destreza y la Aggression y Defensa Cristiana was first printed in Medina-Sidonia, Spain in 1569. A second edition was printed in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in 1582. Printing was renewed in 1612 by Carranza's student Luis Pacheco de Narváez in Madrid, Spain.
Contents
| Page
| Section
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| 1r - 8v
| Preface by Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
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| 9r - 64r
| First Dialogue by Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
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| 64v - 133v
| Second Dialogue by Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
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| 134r - 205v
| Third Dialogue by Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
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| 206r - 280v
| Fourth Dialogue by Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
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