Good Reference for Italian Armies

[Keith]

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 

[joroas]

Osprey have five books on Italian and Venetian troops.

[Sirolf]

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)

[cdr]

http://thegreatitalianwars.blogspot.be/

have a look here
very informative
 

Carl D.R.

[Keith]

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.

[Arlequín]

'Mercenaries and their masters' 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.