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2. Italian school of swordsmanship - Wikipedia

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   With the 17th century came the popularity of the rapier and a new century of masters, including Salvator Fabris, Ridolfo Capoferro, and Francesco Antonio Marcelli. Unlike the manuals of the previous century, those written in the 17th century were generally restricted to covering only the rapier being used alone or with a companion arm (such as ...

3. Italian martial arts - Wikipedia

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   Frenchmen adopted the Italian duelling sword and mastered it, and it is believed that between 1600 AD and 1700 AD well over 70,000 Frenchmen died in duels, many of them mortally wounded by a Rapier. From the late 16th century, Italian rapier fencing attained considerable popularity all over Europe, notably with the treatise by Salvator Fabris ...

4. Spada da lato - Wikipedia

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   An early rapier or "side-sword" on exhibit in the Castle of Chillon. The spada da lato (Italian) or side-sword is a type of sword popular in Italy during the Renaissance. It is a continuation of the medieval knightly sword, and the immediate predecessor, or early form, of the rapier of the early modern period. Side-swords were used concurrently ...

5. Rapier - Wikipedia

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   A rapier (/ ˈ r eɪ p i ər /) is a type of sword originally used in Spain (known as espada ropera-' dress sword ') and Italy (known as spada da lato a striscia). [1] [2] [3] The name designates a sword with a straight, slender and sharply pointed two-edged long blade wielded in one hand. [4]

6. Historical European martial arts - Wikipedia

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   The Italian school is continued by Filippo Vadi (1482–1487) and Pietro Monte (1492, Latin with Italian and Spanish terms). Three early (before George Silver ) natively English swordplay texts exist, but are all very obscure and from uncertain dates; they are generally thought to belong to the latter half of the 15th century.

7. Category:Italian jewellery designers - Wikipedia

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8. Damiani (jewelry company) - Wikipedia

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   Damiani was founded in 1924 by Enrico Grassi Damiani, in Valenza, Italy.It became popular among affluent Italians. [5] Damiani's son led the company from 1960-1990. [6] It started selling products on the US market in 2001 and introduced a $2.5 million ad campaign the following year.

9. Flame-bladed sword - Wikipedia

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   Flamberge ("flaming"), from the French "flamber", is a term with many connotations, including swords without the flamed-blade. The term is a frequent name or alias for swords in medieval chansons de geste and romances, where it often just means a large sword. [6]