0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500

Buy Now

Flowers of Battle The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi Vol III - Florius de Arte Luctandi (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,984
Discovery Miles 29 840
Flowers of Battle The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi Vol III - Florius de Arte Luctandi (Hardcover): Ken...

Flowers of Battle The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi Vol III - Florius de Arte Luctandi (Hardcover)

Ken Mondschein, Gregory D. Mele

Series: Flowers of Battle Series, 3

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,984 Discovery Miles 29 840 | Repayment Terms: R280 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

The warriors of medieval Italy practised a complex and complete martial art, which included the wielding of sword, axe and spear with wrestling, knife-fighting and mounted combat. In the waning years of the 14th century, Fiore dei Liberi was a famed master of this art, whose students included some of the most renowned and dangerous fighting men of his day. Credited by fencing historians as the father of Italian swordmanship, toward the end of his life, Master Fiore preserved his teachings in a series of illustrated manuscripts, four of which have survived to the present day, and have become the basis of a worldwide effort to reconstruct this lost martial art. This magnum opus, Il Fior di Batalgia (The Flower of Battle), composed in early 1409, is one of the oldest, most extensive, and most clearly elucidated martial arts treatises from the medieval period. Flowers of Battle is a multi-volume series of lavishly illustrated hardcover books, combining full colour facsimiles of the Master's original manuscripts, professional, annotated translations, and extensive peer-reviewed essays. Volume III, Florius de Arte Luctandi, presents a translation, transcription and reproduction of chronologically the last, most recently discovered, and visually most lush Flower of Battle manuscript. This posthumous work raises more questions than it answers: for whom was the manuscript creared and why? Why was it translated into a complex, humanistic Latin, and from what prior source? Why are there clear nomenclatures and instruction differences between this and the other three manuscripts, and do these changes reflect an evolution in the Master's thinking, or errors in transmission? Mondschein and Mele tackle these questions and more in a lavishly illustrated introduction that seeks to set the manuscript in context, as an objet d'art, as an example of Renaissance patronage, and as a practical martial arts memorial. Series Note: 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

General

Imprint: FreeLance Academy Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Flowers of Battle Series, 3
Release date: May 2019
Authors: Ken Mondschein • Gregory D. Mele
Dimensions: 279 x 214 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 978-1-937439-19-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Combat sports & self-defence > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN: 1-937439-19-4
Barcode: 9781937439194

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners