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The Academy of Arms: Paris’s Royal Fencing Institution
Since the 16th century, fencing masters received special treatment in France. In 1567, the French king Charles IX provided letters patent to the Parisian fencing masters, publicly recognizing their fencing association. Subsequent kings extended the same royal privilege to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1765, 17th Century, Academy of Arms, Boëssière, Charles IX, fencing, France, French, French Revolution, history, l'Académie d'armes, Louis XIV, Paris, Royal, Saint-George
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