Gérard Thibault d'Anvers
Fencing master and writer from the Netherlands (1574-1629), owner/creator of the album amicorum of Gerard Thibault
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Lived 1574–1629, aged 55Netherlands
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Updated 2026-07-22
Gérard Thibault of Antwerp was a fencing master and writer of the 1628 rapier manual Academie de l'Espée. Thibault was from the Southern Netherlands which is today Belgium. 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.
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