Captain's Concubine

Donald Weinstein is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Arizona. He is the author of several books of medieval and Renaissance history, including Savonarola and Florence: Prophecy and Patriotism in the Renaissance.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsStandards in Sixteenth-Century PistoiaChapter 1. The Holy Thursday IncidentChapter 2. History and ComedyChapter 3. Pistoia and Medici StateChapter 4. The CellesiChapter 5. The BraccioliniChapter 6. The Order of Santo StefanoChapter 7. The ProseccoChapter 8. Peacemaking IChapter 9. ChiaraChapter 10. AsdrubaleChapter 11. MariottoChapter 12. Peacemaking IIChapter 13. FabrizioChapter 14. Love LettersChapter 15. The VerdictChapter 16. The SentenceChapter 17. What It All MeansChapter 18. And Then What Happened?Epilogue: The New and the OldNotesBibliographyIndex

Weinstein succeeds not only in telling a memorable story, but also in illuminating core values and beliefs that usually remain opaque both to historians and to contemporaries... This splendid book tells us much about the practical interpretations of honor in Renaissance Tuscany. -- Christopher Carlsmith Sixteenth Century Journal His story of merchants, priests, and prostitutes is told with a narrative vivacity that is exceptional in scholarly historical writing. Virginia Quarterly Review A book that forces the reader to think. -- Samuel K. Cohn, Jr. American Historical Review This skillfully developed micro-history, presented as a lively drama, is a pleasure to read. -- Joanne M. Ferraro Journal of Social History A well-told tale that analyzes how sixteenth-century Tuscans defined chivalry, honor, and loyalty. -- Michelle Mirandon Comitatus A highly entertaining, well-written, easily-digestible narrative... a book that is not easy to put down. -- Trevor Dean English Historical Review