Achille Marozzo
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| Born | 1484 San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy | ||||||||||
| Died | 1553 Bologna, Italy | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Fencing master | ||||||||||
| Relatives | Lodovico Marozzo (father) Sebastiano Marozzo (son) | ||||||||||
| Patron | Count Guido Rangoni | ||||||||||
| Movement | Dardi School | ||||||||||
| Influences | Filippo di Bartolomeo Dardi Guido Antonio de Luca | ||||||||||
| Influenced | Angelo Viggiani dal Montone Giovanni dall'Agocchie | ||||||||||
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Achille Marozzo (1484-1553) was a 16th century Italian fencing master. He was born in San Giovanni in Persiceto (a possession of Bologna) to Lodovico Marozzo in 1484.[1] After moving to the city, he studied fencing after the Dardi style in the school of the great Bolognese master Guido Antonio di Luca,[2] and may thus have been an acquaintance of fellow student—and later, fellow Bolognese master—Antonio Manciolino.
As a teacher, Marozzo maintained a fencing school in Bologna near the Abbey of Saints Naborre and Felice.[3] In 1531 he received permission to construct a water wheel drawing water from the Rhine River,[1] but the purpose of this water wheel is unclear. His students included Giovanni Battista da i Letti, Giacomo Crafter d'Agusta, and his son Sebastiano Marozzo; the famous masters Angelo Viggiani dal Montone, Giovanni dall'Agocchie, and Joachim Meÿer were also influenced by his teachings, though it is unclear if they actually studied in his school.
In addition to his school, Marozzo may have been attached to the court of the Count Guido Rangoni, another student of di Luca. In 1536, Marozzo authored a treatise on swordsmanship, dedicated to Rangoni and titled Opera Nova ("A New Work"); this treatise seems to have become the dominant work in the Dardi or "Bolognese" school of swordsmanship, reprinted several times well into the 17th century and translated into French in 1580. Achille Marozzo himself died in 1553 and is buried in Bologna at the military hospital.[1]
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Treatise
Preface and Dedication |
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First Book – Introduction, Sword and Buckler |
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Second Book – Side Sword, Sword with Secondary Weapons |
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Third Book – Greatsword |
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Fourth Book – Pole Weapons |
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Fifth Book – Advice on Dueling, Unarmed vs. Dagger |
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Additional Resources
- Marozzo, Achille and Rapisardi, Giovanni (in Italian). Achille Marozzo, Opera Nova dell'Arte delle Armi. Padova, Italy: Gladiatoria, 1999.
- Marozzo, Achille. Opera nova dell'Arte delle armi. Rome: Il Cerchio Iniziative Editoriali, [no date].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Marozzo Achille". Scrimipedia.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ↑ Marozzo, Achille. Opera Nove de Achille Marozzo Bolognese, Maestro Generale de l'Arte de l'Armi. Modena: 1536. p ii.
- ↑ Cullinan, Richard. "Marozzo, Achille, Opera Nova de Achille Marozzo Bolognese, Mastro Generale de l'Arte de l'Armi (Modena 1536) - Arte dell' Armi de Achille Marozzo Bolognese (Venetia 1568)". Lochac Fencing. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
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