Charles VIII, attempting to seize control of southern Italy for use as a platform for war against the Ottoman Turks, lead the most powerful army in Europe at that time down through Italy, defeating one Italian province after another. The Italian states opposing this venture evolved into the League of …
On July 15, 1410, one of the most important battles took in the later middle ages. Fought between Tannenberg and the nearby village of Grünwald, Polish and Lithuanian forces under Ladislaus II (Wladyslaw Jagiello) halted the eastward expansion of the Teutonic Knights. For a detailed description of this battle, please …
This poem, written in French, is thought to be authored by Walter of Exeter, a Franciscan friar. The story details the siege of the Scottish castle of Carlaverock in July 1300 by Edward I. The first portion of the poem gives a long list of heraldic banners and shields carried …
The following is an account of the battle of Caravaggio, fought on September 15,1448, in which the Milanese army led by Francesco Sforza defeated the Venetians under Michele Attendolo. The text is from the Chronicle of Cristoforo da Soldo. Alli 29 luio soprascritto lo Conte Francesco andò a campo a …
Tobias Capwell The Queen of Weapons: Renaissance Swords at the Wallace Collection Free eBook, downloadable from the Apple Store As they do every four years, the Olympic Games have brought public attention to the sport of fencing. The public then quickly realizes that no one other than fencers really cares …
Ken Mondschein The Knightly Art of Battle Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. 128pp. $14.95. ISBN 9781606060766. Fiore dei Liberi’s Fior di Battaglia (‘The Flower of Battle’) remains one of the most important texts for fight scholars today. The teachings of Fiore, along with those of his German contemporary Johannes …