Short Fiction · Character
Raniero di Raniero
A Perugian nobleman whose taste for humiliating his wife's family, and a lame workman, slowly cuts her love to ribbons.
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Also known as This Raniero, Raniero
First appearance: the peace of god
As a major figure in Short Fiction, Raniero di Raniero is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The protagonist, a strong and boastful armorer whose violent and cruel actions drive his wife away.
Raniero is a man of prowess and pride, celebrated for climbing towers and catching robbers, but blind to how his needling cruelty erodes the marriage he prizes. His rivalry with Jacopo degli Uberti's house and his mockery of a lovesick workman drive Francesca to leave him, and his calm certainty that she will return proves disastrously wrong. He matters because his story is a study in how love is not destroyed by catastrophe but by a thousand small, deliberate humiliations.
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Historical and Legendary Figures
- Diverse Historical, Biblical, and Legendary Figures
- Rural and Allegorical Characters
- Artists and Moral Subjects
- Sienese Nobility in Conflict
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Francesca degli Uberti
romantic · positive
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- Francesca degli Uberti
romantic · positive
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