Achille Marozzo

This is simply a list of links I’ve found useful in studying Marozzo’s teachings.

Caveat: Please use your head and body when training in the sword. Do not take another’s interpretation for granted. We are living in the middle of a revolution of historical swordplay where much of the inherited mythology has fallen apart under disinterested scrutiny. If this is news to you, may I suggest you start with Sydney Anglo’s Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe.

Primary Sources

• Opera Nova in pdf format (about 35Mb).
• Opera Nova, First Edition: Text transcription in Italian.
• Achille Marozzo’s Opera Nova (1536): Images from his New Work hosted at ARMA
• The Illustrations of Marozzo: Table of thumbnails from Opera Nova

Commentary & Interpretations

• Bolognese Guards by the Order of the Seven Hearts. Black and white photographs illustrating the single sword guards of Antonio Manciolino, Achille Marozzo and Giovanni Dall’Agocchie.
• The Teachings of Marozzo by Giovanni Rapisardi (edited by William E. Wilson)
• The Progressions of Marozzo: from Hutton with commentary
• Sword and Buckler Guards of Marozzo: From The School Of The Sword
• Marozzo’s Unarmed Defence Against a Dagger
• Marozzo’s Weapon Seizures
• The Progressions of Marozzo

Selected References

• Gaugler, William M. The History of Fencing: Foundations of Modern European Swordplay. Bangor, Maine: Laureate Press, 1998.
• Sydney Anglo. The Martial Arts Of Renaissance Europe. Yale University Press, 2000.