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Giovanni dall'Agocchie
Giovanni dall'Agocchie | |
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Born | March 9, 1547 Bologna, Italy |
Died | 16th century (?) |
Occupation | Fencing master |
Patron | Fabio Pepoli, Count of Castiglione (?) |
Movement | Dardi tradition |
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Genres | Fencing manual |
Language | Italian |
Notable work(s) | Dell'Arte di Scrima Libri Tre (1572) |
Translations | Traduction française |
Giovanni dall'Agocchie di Bologna (dalle Agocchie, Agucchi, Agocchia; b. March 9, 1547) was a 16th century Italian fencing master. Little is known about this master's life apart from that he was a citizen of Bologna. In 1572, dall'Agocchie wrote and published a treatise on warfare, including fencing with the side sword, titled Dell'Arte di Scrima Libri Tre ("Three 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.
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Translation | W. Jherek Swanger | Document circulated online | |
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Additional Resources
The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.
- Agocchie, Giovanni dall (2018). The Art of Defense: on Fencing, the Joust, and Battle Formation, by Giovanni dall'Agocchie. Trans. by W. Jherek Swanger. Self-published.
- Runacres, Rob (2022). "The Bolognese Tradition: Ancient Tradition or Modern Myth?." Acta Periodica Duellatorum 10(1): 1-18. doi:10.36950/apd-2022-002.