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This page is the index for our interpretive work on Fiore dei Liberi.

Note: this page is a work in progress

== Academic Resources ==

The Wiktenauer page on [https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Fiore Fiore dei Liberi] includes everything we know about the man himself, and access to all four versions of his treatise.

Facsimile: The Spada Press facsimile of [https://swordschool.shop/products/il-fior-di-battaglia-by-fiore-dei-liberi-with-translation-by-guy-windsor-hardback ''Il Fior di Battaglia''] includes a complete reproduction of the Getty Manuscript, and a second reproduction of the manuscript with the Italian text replaced by Dr. Guy Windsor's translation.

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== Training Resources ==

For training in ''Armizare'', Fiore's Art of Arms, start with the [[Fiore basic syllabus]] 

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Online Courses: The following courses are all relevant, and all available in the [https://swordschool.teachable.com/p/medieval-italian-martial-arts Mastering the Art of Arms membership package]:

[https://swordschool.teachable.com/p/the-medieval-longsword-course The Complete Medieval Longsword Course]

[https://swordschool.teachable.com/p/medievaldagger2 The Medieval Dagger Course]

[https://swordschool.teachable.com/p/medieval-wrestling-the-abrazare-of-fiore-dei-liberi The Medieval Wrestling Course]



== Who was Fiore dei Liberi? ==

Fiore dei Liberi was a master of the art of arms (which he called ''armizare''). He was born some time around 1350 and died some time after 1410. Most of what we know about his life comes from the introduction to his manuscripts, and from research done by Francesco Novati (who published the Pisani-Dossi manuscript in facsimile in 1902) and Luigi Zanutto (who published ''Fiore dei Liberi da Premariacco e i ludi e le festi marziali in Friuli nel Medio-evo'' in 1907). Dr Ken Mondschein has published an excellent summary of Fiore’s life based on the manuscripts and these two early 20th century sources in his book ''The Knightly Art of Battle'' and his open source (i.e. free!) article ‘On the Art of Fighting: A Humanist Translation of Fiore dei Liberi’s Flower of Battle Owned by Leonello D’Este’. You can find the article at [guywindsor.net/mondschein].


== Glossary of Italian Terms ==

You can find our glossary of terms like ''zogho largo'', and ''mandritto fendente'' here: [[Glossary of Italian Fencing Terms]]

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