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and mentions that on five separate occasions he was forced to fight [[duel]]s for his honor against certain of these masters whom he described as envious because he refused to teach them his art; the duels were all fought with sharp [[longsword]]s, [[armor|unarmored]] except for [[gambeson]]s and [[chamois]] [[gloves]], and he stated that he won each without injury.<ref name="dei Liberi Morgan"/><ref name="dei Liberi Getty"/>
He further offers an extensive list of the famous ''[[condottieri]]'' that he trained, including [[Piero Paolo del Verde]] (Peter von Grünen),<ref>[http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-v/2660-piero-del-verde "PIERO DEL VERDE (Paolo del Verde) Tedesco. Signore di Colle di Val d'Elsa."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082642/http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-v/2660-piero-del-verde |date=6 October 2014 }}. ''Note biografiche di Capitani di Guerra e di Condottieri di Ventura operanti in Italia nel 1330 – 1550''. Retrieved 2013-10-25.</ref> [[Niccolo Unricilino]] (Nikolo von Urslingen),<ref>Leoni, p 7.</ref> [[Galeazzo Cattaneo dei Grumelli]] (Galeazzo Gonzaga da Mantova),<ref name="Galeazzo">[http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-m/1450-galeazzo-da-mantova "GALEAZZO DA MANTOVA (Galeazzo Cattaneo dei Grumelli, Galeazzo Gonzaga) Di Mantova. Secondo alcune fonti, di Grumello nel pavese."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112227/http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-m/1450-galeazzo-da-mantova |date=6 October 2014 }}. ''Note biografiche di Capitani di Guerra e di Condottieri di Ventura operanti in Italia nel 1330 – 1550''. Retrieved 2013-10-25.</ref> [[Lancillotto Beccaria di Pavia]],<ref>[http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-b/630-lancillotto-beccaria "LANCILLOTTO BECCARIA (Lanciarotto Beccaria) Di Pavia. Ghibellino. Signore di Serravalle Scrivia, Casei Gerola, Bassignana, Novi Ligure, Voghera, Broni."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816031659/http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-b/630-lancillotto-beccaria |date=16 August 2013 }}. ''Note biografiche di Capitani di Guerra e di Condottieri di Ventura operanti in Italia nel 1330 – 1550''. Retrieved 2013-10-25.</ref> [[Giovannino da Baggio di Milano]],<ref name="Malipiero 9496">Malipiero, pp 94–96.</ref> and [[Azzone di Castelbarco]],<ref name="Jens">[https://talhoffer.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/fiore-his-master-and-his-students/ Fiore his masters and his students]. ''Hans Talhoffer ~ as seen by Jens P. Kleinau.'' Retrieved 2013-10-25.</ref> and also highlights some of their martial exploits.<ref name="dei Liberi Morgan"/><ref name="dei Liberi Getty"/>
Based on Fiore's autobiographical account, he can tentatively be placed in Perosa ([[Perugia]]) in 1381 when Piero del Verde likely fought a duel with [[Pietro della Corona]] (Peter Kornwald).<ref>This is the only point when both men are known to have been in Perugia at the same time; Verde died soon after this in 1385. See [https://talhoffer.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/fiore-his-master-and-his-students/ Fiore his masters and his students]. ''Hans Talhoffer ~ as seen by Jens P. Kleinau.'' in English and [http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-v/2660-piero-del-verde "PIERO DEL VERDE (Paolo del Verde) Tedesco. Signore di Colle di Val d'Elsa."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082642/http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-v/2660-piero-del-verde |date=6 October 2014 }}. and [http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-c/971-pietro-della-corona "PIETRO DELLA CORONA (Pietro Cornuald) Tedesco. Signore di Angri."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910105305/http://www.condottieridiventura.it/index.php/lettera-c/971-pietro-della-corona |date=10 September 2014 }}. ''Note biografiche di Capitani di Guerra e di Condottieri di Ventura operanti in Italia nel 1330 – 1550''. in Italian. Retrieved 2013-10-25.</ref>
That same year, the [[Aquileian War of Succession]] erupted as a coalition of secular nobles from [[Udine]] and surrounding cities sought to remove the newly appointed Patriarch, [[Philippe of Alençon|Philippe II d'Alençon]]. Fiore seems to have sided with the secular nobility against the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] as in 1383 there is record of him being tasked by the grand council with inspection and maintenance on the [[artillery]] pieces defending Udine (including large crossbows and catapults).<ref name="Mondschein 11"/><ref>Malipiero, p 85.</ref><ref name="Easton">Easton, Matt. "[http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/fiore/ Fiore dei Liberi – Fiore di Battaglia – Flos Duellatorum]". London: Schola Gladiatoria, 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-25.</ref> There are also records of him working variously as a magistrate, peace officer, and agent of the grand council during the course of 1384, but after that the historical record is silent. The war continued until a new Patriarch was appointed in 1389 and a peace settlement was reached, but it's unclear if Fiore remained involved for the duration. Given that he appears in council records five times in 1384, it would be quite odd for him to be completely unmentioned over the subsequent five years,<ref name="Mondschein 11"/> and since his absence after May 1384 coincides with a proclamation in July of that year demanding that Udine cease hostilities or face harsh repercussions, it seems more likely that he moved on.<ref>Malipiero, pp 85–88.</ref>
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