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.

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• Publisher’s PrefaceIntroductionPart One: Fiore dei Liberi and His WorldI. Italy at the Birth of the RenaissanceII. The Master and His StudentsIII. Understanding the Master Through His StudentIV. Portrait of a Renaissance DespotV. The Transformation of Chivalry in Late Medieval ItalyVI. The Duel of Honor in the Time of Fiore dei LiberiVII. The Tools of WarPart Two: The Art of Arms—An Analysis of the Flower of BattleI. Pedagogy and the Flower of BattleII. An Overview of Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13III. Numbers and Symbols in the Flower of BattlePart Three: Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13 Facsimile, Translation, and TranscriptionI. Translator’s NotesII. Facsimile, Transcription, and TranslationAppendicesA. The Gatari Chronicle of the Galeazzo-Boucicaut DuelB. GlossaryC. Bibliography

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.

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• Publisher’s PrefaceIntroductionPart One: Fiore dei Liberi and His WorldI. Italy at the Birth of the RenaissanceII. The Master and His StudentsIII. Understanding the Master Through His StudentIV. Portrait of a Renaissance DespotV. The Transformation of Chivalry in Late Medieval ItalyVI. The Duel of Honor in the Time of Fiore dei LiberiVII. The Tools of WarPart Two: The Art of Arms—An Analysis of the Flower of BattleI. Pedagogy and the Flower of BattleII. An Overview of Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13III. Numbers and Symbols in the Flower of BattlePart Three: Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13 Facsimile, Translation, and TranscriptionI. Translator’s NotesII. Facsimile, Transcription, and TranslationAppendicesA. The Gatari Chronicle of the Galeazzo-Boucicaut DuelB. GlossaryC. Bibliography

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.

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• Publisher’s PrefaceIntroductionPart One: Fiore dei Liberi and His WorldI. Italy at the Birth of the RenaissanceII. The Master and His StudentsIII. Understanding the Master Through His StudentIV. Portrait of a Renaissance DespotV. The Transformation of Chivalry in Late Medieval ItalyVI. The Duel of Honor in the Time of Fiore dei LiberiVII. The Tools of WarPart Two: The Art of Arms—An Analysis of the Flower of BattleI. Pedagogy and the Flower of BattleII. An Overview of Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13III. Numbers and Symbols in the Flower of BattlePart Three: Getty Ms. Ludwig XV 13 Facsimile, Translation, and TranscriptionI. Translator’s NotesII. Facsimile, Transcription, and TranslationAppendicesA. The Gatari Chronicle of the Galeazzo-Boucicaut DuelB. GlossaryC. Bibliography