Condottieri armour regulation.

[Rodolfo Martínez]

Hello.

Some time ago i was told that during XVI century, spanish had a horse bard regulation, allowing their horses be armored with only the frontal set of armour.
Does anybody knows if the italian XVI century man-at-arms, or the condottieri cavalry still used the full barded horse?

Thanks.

[Sean Belair]

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[Allen Johnson]

I think people are confused at your useage of the word "bard" and "barded". In English, "bard" means a poet or someone who performs songs or stories of past heroic deeds. I am aware of no meaning of the word that involves horses.

[Rodolfo Martínez]

Mmm... well, about a barded horse, i´m refering to a full armored horse, but the core of my question is if in Ïtaly¨, the full armored horses were still used by the Italic men-at-arms during XVI century. Thanks