Description
Italian intelligence agent and fencing master (fl. c. 1570–1587) who came to
England about 1569 and in 1576 opened at Blackfriars the first rapier school in
England, charging far more than the English masters. His students included Sir
Walter Raleigh and Lord Peregrine Willoughby.
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Walter Raleigh
sports_martial_artsItalian school of swordsmanship
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“His students included notable figures such as Lord Peregrin Willoughby, Sir
Walter Raleigh”
— Rocco Bonetti - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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“Walter Raleigh, and others Bonetti had mentored”
— Rocco Bonetti - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
sports_martial_artsItalian school of swordsmanship
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“His students included notable figures such as Lord Peregrin Willoughby, Sir
Walter Raleigh”
— Rocco Bonetti - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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“Rocco Bonetti (/rɔk.ko/ /bɔˈnɛtti/; fl. c. 1570–1587) was an Italian
intelligence agent and master of fencing who started the school of fencing at
Blackfriars in London in 1576.”
— Rocco Bonetti - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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“Like German fencing guilds, English masters taught the traditional weapons of
sword and buckler, sword and dagger, two-handed sword, quarterstaff, and bill,
only adding the Italian rapier and rapier and dagger after the arrival of the
Italian masters Rocco Bonetti about 1571 and Vincentio Saviolo about 1590.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Rocco Bonetti. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JTMYPEZBXV9VNZGSHZNMTK - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JTMYPEZBXV9VNZGSHZNMTK, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Rocco Bonetti}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JTMYPEZBXV9VNZGSHZNMTK}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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