Notes on Pisa derived from War 025 By David Nicolle

All devised from Osprey War 025, written by David Nicole, trusted and approved author by slytander.

Pisa only had a population of around 2800 against Siena and Lucca.

Pisa and Genoa were constantly fighting over the control of the high seas.

Pisa and Genoa were the first nations to recieve the crossbows from the aras, and by the mid 13th century crossbows had been adopted as the main weapon of navies and infantry across northern italy.

Pisa, Corsica, Genoa and Liguria have the finest
crossbowmen. Guy of Pisa was a famous mercenary officer from the noble families of SPinola, Doria and Grimaldi. He was a famed genoese mercenary and he worked along side William, Anthony and Hugh. This was recorded in 1378.

Militia in the late 13th century were trained around the Cathedral and Baptistry of Pisa.

Pisa introduced the first law of militias, focusing on her obligees to focus on the Crossbow, Spear and Sardinian javelin. Militia Cavalry provided scouts and trained the men to withstand a cavalry charge during training. In 1315 Pisa's Pavesari heavy infantry could withstand a heavy cavalry charge by Lucca knights at the battle of Montecattini. This was perfect for their pisan crossbows to eliminate said cavalry, but it did not take long for the lackluster mass in the pavisarii to falter to superior favalry.

Pisa, in 1286, drew in competitors and organised teams from other cities.

In the late 13th Century the King of Naples ordered 400 large Pavesi shields from Pisa.


In Roman De Melidus written by Rusticiano of Pisa around 1265, Pisan infantry were recorded using leather gauntlets.

A thickly paded mail or scale shoulder and neck armor used in early 14th century frqance and england was called a pizaine, which suggests it came from pisa. Pisa, Camposanto: 141h-centuiy wall-paintings. Pistoia, Duomo: late-13tb and mid-14thcentury silver alta

Three types of shield were recorded in use by the pisan infantry. Scudi and Targes were made of fig or willow wood and with a leather cover called an incoriati made of two whole ass or horse skins. Pavises were five palms or wider recorded in use by pisans in 1282 by the Naple king. Tangheroni, M. 1284, L'anno della Meloria (Pisa 1984).