Flowers of Battle The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi Vol 1

Historical Overview and the Getty Manuscript

Tom Leoni, Gregory D. Mele (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

359 Seiten

2018
Freelance Academy Press (Verlag)
978-1-937439-18-7 (ISBN)

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First in new five-part series presenting full-colour facsimiles, transcriptions and translations of the early 15th-century manuscripts by Fiore dei Libere, considered to be the father of Italian swordsmanship. Includes chapters on his life, students, patrons, and arms and armour in the Getty Manuscript. 190 illus., 90 in col.

The `Getty Manuscript’ (Il Fior di Battaglia/The Flower of Battle) by the greatest fencing-master of the late 1300s, Fiore Furlan dei Liberi, instructs the reader in the intricacies of combat. Lively illustrations of charging horses and armoured knights accompany the text; through words and pictures, the manuscript teaches a variety of fighting techniques including single combat on foot with sword, dagger and axe, and mounted combat in all its variations.

Fiore’s magnum opus, The Flower of Battle, composed in 1409, is one of the oldest, most extensive and most clearly elucidated martial arts treatises from the medieval period. It is a record of a complete medieval martial tradition, and provides unique insights into the life and milieu of the professional fighting man at the birth of the Italian Renaissance.

Fiore preserved his teachings in a series of illustrated manuscripts, four of which have survived to the present day. The first volume in this new five-part series (see SERIES NOTE) presents a complete translation, transcription and reproduction of the largest and most complete of those four manuscripts. It includes chapters on the life of Fiore dei Liberi, his students and patrons, arms and armour in the Getty Manuscript, duelling and chivalric culture in Italy at the close of the 14th century, a detailed analysis of the manuscripts' use of pedagogy, number and metaphor and The Flower of Battle's relationship to other medieval combat manuscripts.

190 illustrations, 90 in colour.

SERIES NOTE:

This is the first volume in a new five-volume series from Freelance Academy Press. Flowers of Battle is a series of lavishly illustrated hardbacks, combining full-colour facsimiles of the original manuscripts with professional, annotated translations and extensive, peer-reviewed essays.

The Flowers of Battle Series Includes:

Vol. I: Historical Overview and the Getty Manuscript

Vol. II: Flos Duellatorum

Vol. III: Florius de Arte Luctandi

Vol. IV: The Pierpont-Morgan Manuscript and General Concordance

Vol. V: Leaves of Battle – Fiore dei Liberi’s Martial Heirs and Influence

Tom Leoni is a member of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Catholic University of America. He teaches historical Italian fencing in his Alexandria, Virginia, US-based school as well as working as an academic translator, and has published widely on historical Italian swordsmanship. Gregory D. Mele has been involved in the reconstruction of medieval European martial arts since the early 1990s and is best known for co-founding the Chicago Swordplay Guild for the study of historical European swordsmanship and adjunct arts. Previous publications include contributions to SPADA: An Anthology of Swordsmanship and he is a regular contributor to Western Martial Arts Illustrated.

Publisher’s Preface

Introduction

Part One: Fiore dei Liberi and His World

I. Italy at the Birth of the Renaissance

II. The Master and His Students

III. Understanding the Master Through His Student

IV. Portrait of a Renaissance Despot

V. The Transformation of Chivalry in Late Medieval Italy

VI. The Duel of Honor in the Time of Fiore dei Liberi

VII. The Tools of War

Part Two: The Art of Arms—An Analysis of the Flower of Battle

I. Pedagogy and the Flower of Battle

II. An Overview of Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13

III. Numbers and Symbols in the Flower of Battle

Part Three: Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13 Facsimile, Translation, and Transcription

I. Translator’s Notes

II. Facsimile, Transcription, and Translation

Appendices

A. The Gatari Chronicle of the Galeazzo-Boucicaut Duel

B. Glossary

C. Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Flowers of Battle Series
Verlagsort	IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	214 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-937439-18-6 / 1937439186
ISBN-13	978-1-937439-18-7 / 9781937439187
Zustand	Neuware