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Alfonso Falloppia

Falloppia, Alfonso 1 linked works

Italy 1584

Italian soldier and fencing master from Lucca, serving as ensign in the fortress of Bergamo and author of `Nuovo et brieve modo di schermire`. He belongs to the Agrippa-influenced rapier current of the later sixteenth century and is especially useful for tracing the adaptation of geometric or rationalized swordplay within northern Italian martial culture.

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Previous Authority Giovanni da Legnano Next Authority Robert Dudley

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Authorized nameAlfonso Falloppia

Sort nameFalloppia, Alfonso

Given namesAlfonso

Family nameFalloppia

Birth yearUnknown

Death yearUnknown

Floruit1584

NationalityItaly

Editorial notes

Some modern speculation links him to the unnamed student of Silvio Piccolomini mentioned by Montaigne, but that remains unproven and should not be treated as established fact.

Sources: [Wiktenauer: Alfonso Falloppia](https://www.wiktenauer.com/wiki/Alfonso_Fallopia)

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Nuovo et brieve modo di schermire — Alfonso Falloppia

Treatise 1584 Italian Italy

Treatise · 1584 · Italian

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