Luis Pacheco de Narváez
| Luis Pacheco de Narváez | |
|---|---|
 Luis Pacheco de Narváez | |
| Born | 1570 |
| Died | 1640 |
| Occupation | Writer, fencing master |
Don Luis Pacheco de Narváez (Baeza, 1570–1640) was a Spanish writer on fencing. He was a follower of Don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza and published a multitude of works based on the Destreza school of fencing. Some of his earlier works were compendiums of Carranza's work while his later works were less derivative.
He may be the most prolific fencing author in history. He was the fencing master of King Philip IV of Spain.
In 1608, he fought a fencing match with Francisco de Quevedo as a result of Quevedo criticizing one of his works. Quevedo took off Pacheco's hat in the first encounter.[1][2] In Quevedo's picaresque novel El Buscón, this duel was parodied with a fencer relying on mathematical calculations having to run away from a duel with an experienced soldier.
His two major original works are The Book of the Grandeur of the Sword (1600) and The New Science (1632).
References
- ↑ Destreza Translation & Research Project: Famous Duels
- ↑ Luis Pacheco de Narváez y Quevedo, historia de un odio
External links
- Facsimile of Libro de las grandez de la Espada
- LA ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE ESGRIMA ANTIGUA (A.E.E.A.)
- The Destreza Translation and Research Project (DTRP)
- The Martinez Academy of Arms
- DTRP entry for the duel between Quevedo and Pacheco
- (Spanish) Luis Pacheco de Narváez y Quevedo.
- ASOCIACIÓN DE ESGRIMA HISTÓRICA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO(A.E.H.C.M.)
- Paper about the life and works of Luis Pacheco de Narváez by Juan I. Laguna Fdez., «Luis Pacheco de Narváez: Unos comentarios a la vida y escritos del campeón de la corte literaria barroca de Felipe III y Felipe IV, y su supuesta relación con el “Tribunal de la justa venganza” contra Francisco de Quevedo», LEMIR, 20, 2016, pp. 191-324.