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Errata in the first Spanish edition of Godinho’s Arte de Esgrima Saturday April 2nd, 2022 – Posted in: Destreza Comum

We recently published a second edition in modern Spanish of Arte de Esgrima by Domingo Luis Godinho (which, together with the edition in modern Portuguese that preceded it, forms a pair of readings on the same work that can be purchased and enjoyed together. The second edition of the work is accompanied by some additional paratext, as the Portuguese version has its own essays, so it is not just an amendment of errata. However, on…

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Collaboration agreement with Acta Periodica Duellatorum Thursday December 2nd, 2021 – Posted in: AGEA Editora

In fulfilling of our mission to support HEMA projects, especially those of an editorial nature, a few months ago AGEA Editora and Acta Periodica Duellatorum signed a collaboration agreement whereby the former facilitates its international sales and distribution infrastructure so that physical copies of the leading academic publication for European martial arts will be available for purchase worldwide. This means, in practical terms, that you can already find Volume 9 / Issue 1 corresponding to…

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«Cuban» machete 5966 Friday January 8th, 2021 – Posted in: Arqueologia

This article belongs in a series titled «Modern swords of the Ourense Archaeological Museum» which consists on technical files of the said Museum´s weapon collection. These files were documented by Juan Diego Conde Eguileta and Santiago Vilar Labarta who studied, besides their historical context and archaeological value, the fencing characteristics [or properties] of the swords. Due to their variety and singularity of some of the documented pieces, we think these files could be of interest…

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Shipping restrictions Monday March 23rd, 2020 – Posted in: Uncategorised

Due to recent epidemiological events, some postal administrations have implemented traffic restriction measures. Correos in España delivers ordinary shipments or those that require collection at the office with some delay. Currently several shipments in progress to the United States have reached their destination but with some delay, If you wat to secure the shipment can ask for registered mail at extra cost. Users who have not received their shipment after a reasonable period of time,…

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Alguns nomes históricos em galego/português para as partes da espada Saturday February 8th, 2020 – Posted in: AGEA Documentos, Destreza Comum, Destreza Portuguesa, Verdadeira Destreza

Sorry, this entry is only available in Galego-Português. Diniz F. Cabreira Arte do Combate AGEA Editora Atualizado a 20200207 Introdução Com frequência ao estudar diferentes tradições de HEMA utilizamos termos emprestados de outros idiomas. Muitas vezes esses termos são flutuantes e mudam dependendo da fonte que estejamos a ler. Muitas vezes o campo lexical resultante é mistura de termos novos e antigos, específicos da nossa arte e emprestados, próprios à nossa língua e estrangeiros. É…

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Brazil, or There and Back Again Thursday April 4th, 2019 – Posted in: AGEA Editora

Having sent more than 1,300 books to every corner of the world, we would like to thank the postal services which, with remarkable efficiency, take our editions everywhere, at a reasonable cost. With very few exceptions, books reach their destination — either within a few days, or after months of bureaucratic customs procedures, but they arrive at the end. In most shipments the customs procedures are very fast. Some countries even declare books free from…

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An explanation of our publishing lines Wednesday July 25th, 2018 – Posted in: AGEA Editora

AGEA Editora is focused on the publication of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) books, with special emphasis on Iberian traditions. To this purpose we have created three main collections: Clássica Line: Critical editions of historical treatises in the original language. Glossa Line: Historical sources annotated, commented or translated. Manuais Line: Original content for modern research and practice. We also have a line called «AGEA Editora Documentos», where we hope to publish articles, essays and other…

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Swords of the Museum: Nimcha 616 Wednesday January 31st, 2018 – Posted in: Arqueologia

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Chronicle of a journey to Tomar – November 2017 Friday January 26th, 2018 – Posted in: AGEA Editora

Building on the precedent stablished with «Cronica duma viagem a Lisboa» on November 2016, we bring here the memory of the last trip to Portugal by AGEA Editora AGEA Editora team members on 10 to 12 of november, 2017. This time our delegation was integrated by Manuel Valle Ortiz, Ton Puey (from Academia da Espada) and Diniz Cabreira (from Arte do Combate). On our way we made a strategic stop at Ponte de Lima to pay hommage to Tereixa…

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Chronicle of a journey to Lisbon – November 2016 Thursday November 24th, 2016 – Posted in: AGEA Editora

Our comrades Manuel Valle Ortiz and Ton Puey were invited by HEMA-Portugal to give a lecture and a practical lesson at the annual meeting of the Portuguese federation of western martial arts that took place on 4, 5 and 6 November in Lisbon. Taking advantage of the trip, they made several visits to institutions with which AGEA Editora collaborates in the recovery of historical treaties of Portuguese fencing. Here follows a small chronicle of this…