Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
Spanish fencer
Hieronimo de Carança
Don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza, (Spanish: Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza), Jerónimo de Carranza, Portuguese: Hieronimo de Carança; c. 1539 – c. 1600 or 1608) was a Spanish nobleman, humanist, scientist, one of the most famous fencers, and a precursor of the later Spanish school of fencing, destreza. He was the author of the treatise on fencing De la Filosofía de las Armas y de su Destreza y la Aggression y Defensa Cristiana ('The Philosophy of Arms') from 1569, published in 1582. Carranza created the ideal of a poet and a warrior, which became the main guide to life for noblemen.
Jerónimo de Carranza, as the precursor of destreza, is also called "the pioneer of the science of handling weapons." His ideas were probably picked up by Luis Pacheco de Narváez, who later founded the Spanish fencing style "Verdadera Destreza", which lasted almost 300 years.
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