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Girolamo Mercuriale

Mercuriale, Girolamo 6 linked works

Italy 1530 - 1606mid to late 16th century

Italian physician, classicist, and university scholar whose `De arte gymnastica` is a landmark in the study of ancient exercise, bodily culture, and physical training. Although not a fencing master in the narrow sense, Mercuriale is essential to the history of martial and athletic literature because his work linked humanist medicine, classical antiquity, and physical exercise in one of the most influential learned treatises of the Renaissance.

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2 Chronology points

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Authority Overview

Authorized nameGirolamo Mercuriale

Sort nameMercuriale, Girolamo

Given namesGirolamo

Family nameMercuriale

Birth year1530

Death year1606

Floruitmid to late 16th century

NationalityItaly

Editorial notes

Often Latinized as `Hieronymus Mercurialis`.

Sources: [Wikidata: Girolamo Mercuriale](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980560) | [Wikimedia Commons: Girolamo Mercuriali](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category%3AGirolamo_Mercuriali)