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Joseph Swetnam was an early seventeenth century English Master of Defense, and his fencing represents a unique point in the evolution of English martial arts. The indigenous English martial tradition in the sixteenth century was a practical one dealing with both personal self-defense and war, using multiple types of weapons and cross-weapons ...
Joseph Swetnam (died 1621) was an English pamphleteer and fencing master. He is best known for a misogynistic pamphlet and an early English fencing treatise. [1] Three defensive responses as pamphlets were made by Rachel Speght, Ester Sowernam and Constantia Munda.
Joseph Swetnam. The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women. (1615) In 1617 John Swetnam's misogynist pamphlet The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women (1615) induced English women to enter the debate on the woman question that had been boiling on the continent for 2 centuries.
Joseph Swetnam is perhaps best known for his misogynist pamphlet, The Araignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women. This heavy-handed and poorly executed "joke" was first printed in 1615 and enjoyed a number of reprints over the next two centuries.
The practical and ethical advice put down in Swetnam’s book still resonates with us today. It also shows that he and his contemporaries faced many of the same issues as we do. Swetnam thoroughly integrated ideals of personal development with technique and martial theory.
Joseph Swetnam -- Part One. Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence. This ARMA edition of Joseph Swetnam's 1617 treatise picks up primarilywith Chapter XII, where the bulk of the practical instruction begins. The entire book is worth reading, but for the purposes of training and research the exerpt here is sufficient.
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after Joseph Swetnam, 1617 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Note: the following is based on a transcript of Joseph Swetnam [s ZThe Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence [ hosted at www.thearma.org. Some spelling has been modernised and minor edits made for readability.
