Title Pietro Monte's Collectanea : the arms, armour and fighting techniques of a fifteenth-century soldier / translated by Jeffrey L. Forgeng

Published Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 313 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series Armour and weapons ; 6 Armour and weapons ; 6. Summary Pietro Monte's Collectanea' is a wide-ranging treatise on the arts of knighthood, focusing on martial arts, athletics, arms and armour, and military practice, but touching on subjects as diverse as diet, zoology and the design of life preservers. Monte, a courtier, soldier and scholar who won the respect of men like Leonardo da Vinci and Baldesar Castiglione, wrote the work in Spanish in the late 1400s, and later produced an expanded Latin translation. The Latin version, published in Milan in 1509, forms the basis of this translation. Monte describes the techniques of personal combat with various weapons, including the two-handed and one-handed sword, pollaxe, and dagger, as well as wrestling, armored and mounted combat. He also documents the athletic activities used by knights to hone their physical abilities: running, jumping, throwing, and vaulting. Finally, the Collectanea is the sole medieval text to provide extensive discussion of the design of arms and armour. This translation includes an illustrated introduction to Monte and his technical subject-matter, as well as a translation of Book 5 of Monte's De Dignoscendis Hominibus (1492), which overlaps much of the technical content of the Collectanea Notes Collectanea originally published: Milan : Giovanni Angelo Scinzenzeler, 1509 De dignoscendis originally published: Milan : Antonius Zarotus, 1492 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index Notes Translated from the Latin Print version record Subject Military art and science -- Italy -- Early works to 1800 Military art and science -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500. Military art and science Military art and science -- Medieval Italy Genre/Form Electronic books Early works History Form Electronic book Author Forgeng, Jeffrey L., translator Montius, Petrus, 1457-1509. Petrus Montii de dignoscendis hominibus. Book 5. English ISBN 9781787441859 1787441857 1787441784 9781787441781

Other Titles Petri Montii exercitiorum atque artis militaris collectanea in tres libros distincta. English Collectanea Collectanea Collectanea Collectanea

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