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Gérard (or Girard) Thibault of Antwerp (ca. 1574–1627)〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) pp.288, 297〕 was a Dutch fencing master and author of the 1628 rapier manual ''Academie de l'Espée''. His manual is one of the most detailed and elaborate extant sources on rapier combat, painstakingly utilizing geometry and logic to defend his unorthodox style of swordsmanship. ''Academie de l'Espée'' describes a unique system of combat whose closest known relative is the contemporary Spanish school of swordsmanship, also known as La Verdadera Destreza, as taught by masters such as Don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza and Don Luis Pacheco de Narváez. Not unlike the Spanish, Thibault advocated the use of the rapier with the sword arm almost fully extended during most actions. However, Thibault differed from his Spanish counterparts in many areas, including his preferred stance and grip. ==Biography== Details about Thibault's life are sparse, derived from his book and his ''album amicorum''.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) p.289〕 The latter contains handwritten notes and celebratory poems from Thibault's friends, relatives, pupils, and colleagues, included among whom are several contemporary fencing masters.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) p.297〕 Thibault was born in or around 1574 in Antwerp, son of Hendrick Thibaut and Margaretha van Nispen.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) p.288〕 Although his father used the surname "Thibaut," Gérard used the French form "Thibault."〔 Hendrick Thibaut came from a well-known family in Ypres, living in Ghent and Antwerp before going into exile in the northern Netherlands.〔 Henrick's eldest son, Christiaen, founded the noble family Thibaut van Aegtekerke.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) p.288-289〕 Thibault first studied swordsmanship in Antwerp under Lambert van Someren, who taught between the years of 1564 and 1584.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) p.290〕 In 1605, Thibault was a wool merchant in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, south of Seville on the Guadalquivir river, and the hometown of Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza.〔 There, he took an interest in swordsmanship, studying the Spanish rapier system of Destreza.〔 Thibault left Spain to return to the Netherlands, and was in Amsterdam as early as 1610.〔 In or around 1611, he presented his system to an assembly of Dutch masters at a competition in Rotterdam.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) pp.289-290〕 Thibault won first prize, earning an invitation to the court of Prince Maurice of Nassau, where the Prince observed Thibault's system in a multi-day demonstration.〔 Although initially met with skepticism, Thibault convinced his fellow Dutch fencing masters, including Johannes Damius of Haarlem, Dirck van Stervergen of Leiden, Cornelis Cornelisz van Heusden of Amsterdam, and Thibault's former teacher Lambert von Someron.〔 In 1615, Thibault was invited to the court at Cleves and left Amsterdam, where he once again demonstrated his system successfully.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) p.294〕 Over the next several years, Thibault traveled from Cleves, Amsterdam, to Spain, back to Amsterdam, and finally to Leiden in 1622.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) pp.294-296〕 There, Thibault studied mathematics at Leiden University.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) p.296〕 It is unclear whether Thibault taught his system at the university.〔 It is during his time in Leiden that Thibault likely began working on ''Academie de l'Espée'' and employed a team of sixteen master engravers.〔de la Verwey, Herman Fontaine. "Gerard Thibault and his Academie de l'Espée," Quaerendo VIII (1978) pp.296, 310〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gérard Thibault d'Anvers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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