Bravi, the Glossary
Bravi (sing. bravo; sometimes translated as ‘bravoes’) were a species of coarse soldiery or hired assassins employed by the rural lordlings (or dons) of northern Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to protect their interests.[1]
Table of Contents
5 relations: Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, Latin, Spanish language, The Betrothed (Manzoni novel).
- 16th century in Italy
- 17th century in Italy
- Social history of Italy
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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The Betrothed (Manzoni novel)
The Betrothed (I promessi sposi) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes, and significantly revised and rewritten until the definitive version published between 1840 and 1842.
See Bravi and The Betrothed (Manzoni novel)
See also
16th century in Italy
- Benandanti
- Bravi
- Capodarso bridge
- Cinquecento
- Condottiero
- Italian Renaissance
- Italian Wars
- Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis
- Mirandola witch trials
- Republic of Ancona
- Sack of Rome (1527)
- Salah Rais
- Seydi Ali Reis
- Witch trials in Italy
17th century in Italy
- Bravi
- Cavalieri Addobbati
- Don (honorific)
- Germanic names in Italy
- History of Italian citizenship
- History of women in Italy
- LGBT history in Italy
- Nobile (aristocracy)
- Nobility of Italy
- Slavery in Italy
- Witch trials in Italy
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravi
Also known as Bravo (armed retainer).