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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Keith on October 30, 2012, 09:56:19 PM

Title: Good Reference for Italian Armies
Post by: Keith on October 30, 2012, 09:56:19 PM

Hi All,
I'm after good sources for visual info on the Italian armies - particularly around the time of the Lombardy Wars (so mid-1400s). Do any of you have good suggestions, especially for good books for the period?
Thanks  :)

Title: Re: Good Reference for Italian Armies
Post by: joroas on October 30, 2012, 10:17:29 PM

Osprey have five books on Italian and Venetian troops.

Title: Re: Good Reference for Italian Armies
Post by: Sirolf on October 30, 2012, 10:48:21 PM

http://www.amazon.com/Anghiari-battaglia-liconografia-compagnie-laraldica/dp/8884742501/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1351637097&sr=8-7&keywords=anghiari+battaglia

This is one of the best books you can find about the Milanese and Tuscan armies of mid 15thC.... only problem is that is in Italian, but it's really graphical and easy to understand...

You could also use the Ospery books like Italian Armies of 1300-1500, Condottiere, or another one that could be useful is the one on Italian Militiamen (since it's known that Lombardy kept using militias well into the 15thC)

Title: Re: Good Reference for Italian Armies
Post by: cdr on October 31, 2012, 05:53:11 AM

http://thegreatitalianwars.blogspot.be/

have a look here
very informative
 ;)

Carl D.R.

Title: Re: Good Reference for Italian Armies
Post by: Keith on October 31, 2012, 07:33:36 AM

Great replies so far guys - many thanks for that.
I have the Opsreys (should have mentioned that) but now looking for a bit more to chew on.
Thanks again.

Title: Re: Good Reference for Italian Armies
Post by: Arlequín on October 31, 2012, 08:06:50 AM

'Mercenaries and their masters (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mercenaries-Their-Masters-Michael-Mallett/dp/1848840314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351670516&sr=8-1)' by Michael Mallett is pretty much the best thing in English. Not visual, but a very good background and organisational detail, with a lot of stuff on Venice and Milan in the mid fifteenth century.

As Sirolf says though, you'll have to go Italian for the most accurate pictorial stuff.