Andre Paurenfeyndt

Austria
Born , Ernsbrunn

Also known as

Andreas Paurñfeindt · Pauerenfeindt

Description

Sixteenth-century Freifechter from Ernsbrunn in Lower Austria, bodyguard to Cardinal Matthäus Lang, whose Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (1516) is the earliest known printed fencing book, written for beginners in the Liechtenauer tradition.

Sources

“In 1516, he wrote and published a fencing manual entitled Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey ("Founding of the Chivalric Art of Swordplay"), which seems to have been the first illustrated fencing treatise ever published.”
— Andre Paurenfeyndt - Wiktenauer. Wiktenauer link history info
“The earliest known printed fencing text was made by a German named Pauerenfeindt in 1516.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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