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bravi
''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. The word derives, probably, from the Latin ''pravus'' (bad, wicked, evil) via the Spanish ''bravo'', in the sense of violent, savage and impulsive.
Their fame—and their reputation as frightening and domineering bullies—rests in part on their striking presence in Alessandro Manzoni’s historical novel ''The Betrothed'', which became one of the best-known Italian works of fiction of the nineteenth century and which opens with an extended description of the phenomenon. They were not, however, a fictional invention: his research into local history enabled Manzoni to ascertain from the dates of publication of various proclamations against the ''bravi'' that they had been present in Italy from at least 1583 and until at least 1632.
== The ''bravi'' of ''The Betrothed'' ==
The ''bravi'' retained by Don Rodrigo include Grignapoco, Griso, Montanarolo, Sfregiato, Squinternotto, Tanabuso and Tira-dritto. It is not clear whether Biondino and Carlotto are armed or unarmed retainers.
Nibbio, who works for l'Innominato, has a multitude of ''bravi'' under his command but, like his master, they are nameless.
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