Paride del Pozzo

Paride del Pozzo
Also known as	Paridis de Puteo Paris de Puteo
Born	1410 Pimonte
Died	1493 Napoli
Resting place	Chiesa d'Sant Agostino
Occupation	Jurist
Citizenship	Neapolitan
Alma mater	University of Naples
Patron	Alfonso V of Aragon
Influenced	Achilles Marozzo
Genres	Legal treatise
Language	Italian Renaissance Latin
Notable work(s)	De duello (1476)

Paride del Pozzo (called il Puteo; Latin: Paridis or Paris de Puteo) (1410-1493) was 15th century Italian jurist. He was born in Pimonte in the Duchy of Amalfi, from a family of Piedmontese origin. He moved to Napoli early in life, where he began his study of the law; he went on to study at universities in Rome, Bologna, Florence, and Perugia. Upon his return to Napoli, he entered the service of Alfonso V of Aragon ("the Magnanimous"), king of Napoli, and served in positions including General Auditor and General Inquisitor.

He later in his career, Pozzo wrote and published various legal treatises; perhaps owing to their position at the very beginning of the history of printing, they were republished many times over the subsequent century. His treatise De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine ("On the Duel, or On Military Matters in Single Combat") is particularly important due to its detailed descriptions of dueling laws and customs, which help establish the context of 15th century fighting systems, and also of incidents from specific historical duels, which shed light on how fighting looked in practice.

Pozzo died in 1493 and was buried in the Chiesa d'Sant Agostino in Napoli.

Treatise

De Duello

No Translation	First Edition (1476)	Italian Translation (1518) by Michael Chidester	Spanish Translation (1544) by Michael Chidester	English Translation (1580) by David Kite