The Challenge of Barletta (Italian: Disfida di Barletta) was a duel fought in the countryside of Trani, near Barletta, southern Italy, on 13 February 1503, during the Third Italian War, on the plains between Corato and Andria.
The tournament was provoked by a French knight Charles de la Motte who, after drinking too much of the local wine, made disparaging remarks about the Italians.[1] It consisted in[clarification needed] a mounted tourney between 13 Italians (the most famous being Ettore Fieramosca), who were part of the Spanish army based in Barletta, and 13 Frenchknights who were based in Canosa di Puglia. The Italian knights won the battle, and the French had to pay ransom. Barletta has since acquired the appellation Città della Disfida (City of the Challenge) as a result.
The event inspired a historical novel by the Italian writer Massimo D'Azeglio, Ettore Fieramosca, or La disfida di Barletta, written in 1833. A comedic version of the fight is also depicted in the 1976 Italian comedy film Il Soldato di Ventura.
Challengeedit
Cause of the challengeedit
Detail of the monument to the challenge in the City of Barletta
French troops made an incursion up to Canosa di Puglia, where they had a small fight with Spanish troops. A few French soldiers were made prisoners and were brought to Barletta. Among the French prisoners there was the nobleman Charles de Torgues, also known as Monsieur Guy de la Motte.
On 15 January 1503 the French prisoners were invited to take part to a banquet during which la Motte questioned the valor and courage of Italian soldiers, then allied with the Spaniards. A diatribe followed. In order to solve the question, the French waged a challenge according to specific rules set up by the French in order to show whether the Italians were up to the valor of French soldiers. The challenge consisted in a mounted tourney between 13 Italians (the most famous being Ettore Fieramosca), who were part of the Spanish army based in Barletta, and 13 Frenchknights who were based in Canosa di Puglia. The number of 13 knights was set by the French la Motte, who believed that that would give to the Italians an opportunity to refuse the challenge because of the superstition associated with the number 13. The winners would receive as a bounty the weapons and the horses of the other army who had also to pay a ransom of 100 ducats for each knight (gold value in 100 ducats is about US $15,000 in early 2018). Moreover, each army had to provide two hostages as a collateral. Prospero Colonna and Fabrizio Colonna were put in charge of making the Italian "team". The captain of the Italians was Fieramosca.
Participantsedit
For the two armies, the participants were as follows:
^The Italian Trade Commission "Rosso Barletta 2011-02-04 at the Wayback Machine" ItalianMade.Com Accessed: December 29th, 2010
Further readingedit
Simonis, Damien; et al. (January 2004). Lonely Planet's Italy (6th ed.). Lonely Planet Publications. pp. 659. ISBN1-74104-303-4.
Abenavoli, S.M. (2020). La disfida di Barletta : il normanno Ludovico Abenavoli Drengot : uno dei tredici campioni italiani della disfida [The challenge of Barletta : the Norman Ludovico Abenavoli Drengot : one of the thirteen Italian champions of the challenge] (in Italian). Catanzaro (CZ): La Rondine Edizioni. ISBN978-88-322-6827-0.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Challenge of Barletta news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Challenge of Barletta Italian Disfida di Barletta was a duel fought in the countryside of Trani near Barletta southern Italy on 13 February 1503 during the Third Italian War on the plains between Corato and Andria Monument to the Challenge in Barletta Contents 1 Overview 2 Challenge 2 1 Cause of the challenge 2 2 Participants 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksOverview editThe tournament was provoked by a French knight Charles de la Motte who after drinking too much of the local wine made disparaging remarks about the Italians 1 It consisted in clarification needed a mounted tourney between 13 Italians the most famous being Ettore Fieramosca who were part of the Spanish army based in Barletta and 13 French knights who were based in Canosa di Puglia The Italian knights won the battle and the French had to pay ransom Barletta has since acquired the appellation Citta della Disfida City of the Challenge as a result The event inspired a historical novel by the Italian writer Massimo D Azeglio Ettore Fieramosca or La disfida di Barletta written in 1833 A comedic version of the fight is also depicted in the 1976 Italian comedy film Il Soldato di Ventura Challenge editCause of the challenge edit nbsp Detail of the monument to the challenge in the City of BarlettaFrench troops made an incursion up to Canosa di Puglia where they had a small fight with Spanish troops A few French soldiers were made prisoners and were brought to Barletta Among the French prisoners there was the nobleman Charles de Torgues also known as Monsieur Guy de la Motte On 15 January 1503 the French prisoners were invited to take part to a banquet during which la Motte questioned the valor and courage of Italian soldiers then allied with the Spaniards A diatribe followed In order to solve the question the French waged a challenge according to specific rules set up by the French in order to show whether the Italians were up to the valor of French soldiers The challenge consisted in a mounted tourney between 13 Italians the most famous being Ettore Fieramosca who were part of the Spanish army based in Barletta and 13 French knights who were based in Canosa di Puglia The number of 13 knights was set by the French la Motte who believed that that would give to the Italians an opportunity to refuse the challenge because of the superstition associated with the number 13 The winners would receive as a bounty the weapons and the horses of the other army who had also to pay a ransom of 100 ducats for each knight gold value in 100 ducats is about US 15 000 in early 2018 Moreover each army had to provide two hostages as a collateral Prospero Colonna and Fabrizio Colonna were put in charge of making the Italian team The captain of the Italians was Fieramosca Participants edit For the two armies the participants were as follows nbsp Italian knights Knights nbsp French knightsEttore Fieramosca Charles de TorguesFrancesco Salamone Marc de FrigneMarco Corollario Girout de ForsesRiccio da Parma Claude Grajan d Aste Guglielmo Albimonte Martellin de LambrisMariano Abignente Pierre de LiayeGiovanni Capoccio Jacques de la FontaineGiovanni Brancaleone Eliot de BarautLudovico Abenevoli Jean de LandesEttore Giovenale Sacet de SacetFanfulla da Lodi Francois de PiseRomanello da Forli Jacques de GuignesMiale da Troia Naute de la FraiseGallery edit nbsp Commemorative poster for the fourth centennial of the Disfida nbsp Epitaph for the Disfida on the battle site nbsp Detail of the monument in BarlettaSee also editBattle of CerignolaReferences edit The Italian Trade Commission Rosso Barletta Archived 2011 02 04 at the Wayback Machine ItalianMade Com Accessed December 29th 2010Further reading editSimonis Damien et al January 2004 Lonely Planet s Italy 6th ed Lonely Planet Publications pp 659 ISBN 1 74104 303 4 Abenavoli S M 2020 La disfida di Barletta il normanno Ludovico Abenavoli Drengot uno dei tredici campioni italiani della disfida The challenge of Barletta the Norman Ludovico Abenavoli Drengot one of the thirteen Italian champions of the challenge in Italian Catanzaro CZ La Rondine Edizioni ISBN 978 88 322 6827 0 Franco Alfredo 2003 La Disfida 1503 2003 The Challenge 1503 2003 in Italian Poggiomarino NA ITALY a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Disfida di Barletta Official site of the Disfida 41 10 57 N 16 21 08 E 41 18250 N 16 35222 E 41 18250 16 35222 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Challenge of Barletta amp oldid 1173315459, wikipedia, 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