Fiore dei Liberi
Fiore dei Liberi (approx. 1350 - towards 1420) was a Fencing master Moyen-âge and the first of the Italian school which left behind him a handbook of complete training.
What we know of this man comes from the prolog of its book Flos Duellatorum . This book, of which there remain three distinct versions, contains a complete system of European martial arts teaching how to fight with naked hands, armed with various weapons, protected or not by an armor, with horse or feet.
Liberi affirmed being born in the diocese of the patriarchate of Aquileia to Cividale del Fruili in what was formerly Austria. The date of its birth was estimated goshawks of 1350. He was the son of Mr Benedetto dei Liberi.
Fiore dei Liberi writes that it has a natural talent for martial arts which it began as of its more young age. Later it followed the lessons of fencing masters to Italy and Germanic. Thus he states to have followed the lesson of Giovanni Master (also called Suveno), a scholar of Nicolo coming from Metz. Fiore was a contemporary of Johannes Liechtenauer, the founder of the school of medieval fencing Germanic.
It indicates in its prolog that it had to only fight, to defend its honor, several times, believing only in a God, his sword and itself.
It started to write Flos Duellatorum on February 10th 1409. This handbook was dedicated with its police chief Nicolò III of Este, marquis of Ferrare, Modena and Parma, in Italy. It notes in its prolog that it learned arts from the combat during more than 40 years.
The date of its death is estimated because there is no more no writing on its life after the publication of the Flos Duellatorum . Its lesson strongly influenced all the Italian fencing masters which followed and in particular Filippo Vadi celebrates it.
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