The academy of the sword /
In the early years of the seventeenth century, Gerard Thibault, poet, physician, architect, painter, occultist and master swordsman, astonished the courts of Europe with a new system of swordsmanship based on the principles of sacred geometry and Renaissance occult philosophy. Thibault set out to pu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the French. |
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London :
Aeon Books,
2017.
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| Summary: | In the early years of the seventeenth century, Gerard Thibault, poet, physician, architect, painter, occultist and master swordsman, astonished the courts of Europe with a new system of swordsmanship based on the principles of sacred geometry and Renaissance occult philosophy. Thibault set out to put everything he knew about the way of the sword into a single comprehensive textbook of rapier fencing that could be used by students who had no access to a teacher of his system. Originally published in 1630, The Academy of the Sword is that textbook, the most elaborate manual of swordsmanship ever published in any language, packed with hundreds of clearly described and illustrated techniques. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in 1630. "Wherein is demonstrated by mathematical rules on the foundation of a mysterious circle the theory and practice of the true and heretofore unknown secrets of handling arms on foot and horseback, 1628." Illustrated endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 492 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781904658849 1904658849 |