Antonio Manciolino was a fencing master and author from the Dardi tradition. A surviving edition of his Opera Nova is dated at 1531 but this work appears to be a reprint of an early text that may date to 1509. Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... // Events February 2 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India. ...
In other words, the 'core' of the Italian school of fencing is the very science of the confrontation between two opponents or even enemies; as a consequence it includes the development of abilities and skills linked to the use of hands or arms as weapons.
The early XVI th century School focused training mainly on fighting with a sword and a buckler, usually in combination with either a targa, a rotella, a cappa, a lanterna or a stab or two swords and partigiana, picca, spiedo, ronca, alabarda or azza for hand-to-hand combat.
This work is composed of six books dealing with Scrimia in details; particularly remarkable are the parts concerning "gioco di duo contro duo con le spade da filo et le cappe imbracciate" and combat "in mischia", which show that this art is not limited to fighting "in duello" but includes lots of other situations.
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