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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