The Captain's Concubine: Love, Honor, and Violence in Renaissance Tuscany

by Donald Weinstein

On March 21, 1578, Holy Thursday, cavalier Fabrizio Bracciolini charged that he had been ambushed, slashed, stoned, and left bleeding in a Pistoia street by fellow cavalier Mariotto Cellesi and four accomplices. In The Captain's Concubine: Love, Honor, and Violence in Renaissance Tuscany, Donald Weinstein studies the lengthy investigation of the incident, bares the motives of the actors, and follows the ensuing trial. Weinstein examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801864755
• ISBN13: 9780801864759
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher