Once he reaches this place he will be safely out of the clutches of the Milanese authorities.
He decides to leave Milan and make his way to Bergamo where his cousin Bortolo lives in a village nearby. Renzo causes a ruckus in the street, claiming that he is being unjustly persecuted for his actions the previous day he incites the sympathy of onlookers who aid him in making his escape. The next morning when he wakes up, he finds a notary and two bailiffs who take him away in handcuffs. After a hectic day, Renzo stops at a nearby inn where he is given much to drink until he ends up revealing his name and address. Renzo helps the Grand Chancellor to make his way through the crowd, becoming a recognizable figure to the public. Just as they are about to do so, the Grand Chancellor arrives in a coach and says that he has come to take the Commissioner of Supply to prison. Renzo wanders the city, witnessing a mob destroying a local bakery and then attempting to lynch the Commissioner of Supply. He heads to the monastery in hopes of tracking down the monk but does not find him there. When Renzo arrives in Milan, he finds the city stricken with famine. Friar Christopher sends them to a friar in Milan, and they begin to organize their journey. It is clear to the couple that it is no longer safe for them to remain in Lombardy and that they must venture elsewhere to get married. Their plans go awry and Don Rodrigo sends men to break into Lucia’s home, although she is not there. Renzo devises a plan to have an impromptu wedding, as at this point in time, it was possible for him and Lucia to simply declare themselves married in front of a priest and two witnesses. He finds out that Don Rodrigo has been eyeing his bride to be, and that he is responsible for the delay of the marriage. The next day, when Renzo shows up for his wedding, he is surprised to hear that it has been postponed. The night before they are to be married, the parish priest, Don Abbondio, is walking home on his way, he encounters two men who tell him not to oversee the marriage as it has been forbidden by Don Rodrigo, the local baron.
The novel opens as Renzo and Lucia, a couple who lives in Lombardy are planning to get married.
It is recognized for its vivid description of the plague that afflicted Milan around 1630, as well as its criticism of the Austrian Empire, which had power over the region at the time. The book is set in northern Italy in 1628, at a time when the country was under Spanish rule. Alessandro Manzoni’s 1827 historical novel The Betrothed is widely considered the most important and widely read Italian novel.
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