{"product_id":"iberian-swordplay-domingo-luis-godinho-9781937439330","title":"Iberian Swordplay: Domingo Luis Godinho's Art of Fencing (1599)","description":"In 1599, during the period when the Portuguese crown was united to the crowns of Castile and Aragon, a Portuguese master-at-arms called Domingo Luis Godinho wrote a manuscript in Spanish entitled \u003ci\u003eArte de Esgrima\u003c\/i\u003e (The Art of Fencing). Although Godinho's life is largely a mystery and his text was never published, today his manuscript of utmost relevance in the study of Renaissance Iberian fencing, since it is the only complete treatise discovered so far describing the \"Common\" or \"Vulgar\" style of Iberian fencing, first documented in the 15th century, but by Godinho's day, displaced by the new system of \u003ci\u003eLa Verdadera Destreza\u003c\/i\u003e. The work includes instructions for the single sword, a long-bladed, cut \u0026amp; thrust weapon taught alone and with the use of the shield, buckler, dagger, and cape, as well as paired with a second sword. Godinho's instructions also includes the longest known text on the use of the \u003ci\u003emontante\u003c\/i\u003e, or two-handed sword, a devastating weapon that was used by soldiers and body-guards, in duels and battlefields, in crowded streets and aboard galleys. Translator Tim Rivera provides a detailed introduction that explains Godinho's relationship to earlier masters of the \"Common School\" of swordsmanship, and a short primer on the various weapons, guards, parries, footwork and terminology of the tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Domingo Luis Godinho, Tim Rivera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193743933X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937439330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Freelance Academy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Domingo Luis Godinho","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983863021823,"sku":"9781937439330","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d5f48b7-8671-43c6-b03e-cbcfd219f1e5.jpg?v=1683269156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iberian-swordplay-domingo-luis-godinho-9781937439330","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}