On 6 July 1495 a sudden gunshot came from the right bank of the Taro River in the Gerola Valley, near Fornovo (not far from Parma); shortly afterwards a sky full of clouds unleashed its fury on a wretched battlefield. That gunshot kicked off a battle which changed warfare and represented the starting point of a raging conflict known as the Italian

Massimo Predonzani was born in Piran (Slovenia) in 1959 and currently lives in Trieste (Italy). He is an illustrator and researcher. He is specialized in military heraldry during the Italian and European Renaissance. He wrote Anghiari 29 giugno 1440 (2010), printed by "Il Cerchio" (Rimini), Ceresole 14 aprile 1544 (2012) distributed in French and Italian by French publisher "Historic'one". In 2014 he wrote Caravaggio 1448. L'assedio, le battaglie, l'araldica published by "Acies Editions" (Milan). His articles "The taking of Pisa based on the painting on the front of a chest preserved in the National Gallery in Dublin," (2013) and "Les drapeaux de Venise pris par les Suisses à la Bataille d' Agnadel et conservés au Musée d' Appenzell" (2015) have been published by the Swiss Journal "Archivum Heraldicum". Since 2006 he has been providing the magazine "Soldatini" with texts and illustrations. He also has a website where he shares his research and his painted illustrations (www.stemmieimprese.it.).