Francesco

She never goes out anymore...

she won't come.

Yes, she will

She'll come! I know my cousin well...

All of them are beautiful

I'm just making one with onyx.

- Have you got more?

This one.

Look, this is like the one my

grandmother gave me

and I gave it to my sister Margherita

on her wedding day. Do you remember

Yes, I remember.

- Beautiful. Do you like it?

Yes I do.

With two kind of gold. Chiara?

The sight of him filled my existence

from the time I was a little girl;

He was always elegant and kind.

He had very beautiful hands.

And lots of money. His father was

crazy about him.

He wanted his son to be a gentleman

and he was serious about it.

His father planned to turn all of his

business interest over to him

And they were numerous. I well know,

I was his advocate.

It comes from France, it's good.

This time you bought in grand style.

It was my son's doing. "Buy this for

the ladies and that for damsels...

French fashion!" Careful!

That stuff is delicate.

This year I have things to satisfy

every taste. No my purse is empty.

We'll have to go over some account.

And this?

- That's special... upstairs'.

And what is the French fashion?

It's velvet with gold embroidery.

I recommend it. It raises the spirits.

Les gaufrettes!

Room for me!

- No, you dirty my water!

It's wonderful!

- You think you left so clean?

Flanders lace!

I bought it for you...

He grumbled, of course...

That's not true! I paid, didn't I?

- Thank you!

You tell him, too, that he can stay home.

We do our share, in any case.

If I have to leave in this city I have to

take the bad and the good weather.

Let the nobles deal with it.

For once you can take the advantage

of not being one of them.

But you with you were one of them

and they are fighting.

That's all they know how to do.

Perugia will win. You can bet on that.

They are better armed and more ferocious.

Francesco...

- Aren't you going to eat?

I have finished. They're waiting.

- Just a moment...

But you have hardly eaten a thing.

Now at least have some wafers.

Ah, you made them!

Something for you.

Give it to me!

- No, to me!

I want it!

- Give it to me, to me!

Should I write those things?

- Yes, write them.

You could have bet one thing: he would

have become a great businessman.

Less cautious than his father, but

more alert to trends.

His father had a craze, he really

wanted to become a noble.

Not really, his craze was his son.

Events came to a head...

It was a ferocious war

and ended in slaughter...

As I foreseen, Perugia won

and Assisi lost her finest youth...

For days no one knew who was dead

and who had remained alive...

Give them everything they ask.

We know the jails.

It's impossible to survive in there.

All right, let me think about it.

- No...

There are other prisoners from Assisi.

At least forty, it seems.

it would be best to negotiate

a general ransom.

No! No!

- That's how it's usually done!

No, I want separate negotiations, just

for my son! Even if it costs more.

You can't ruin yourself however.

- First let's hear their demands.

Everything. Give them everything.

Everything that's necessary.

Of course. But keep calm. Tonight

nothing can be done. Am I right?

Nobles, out! Nobles, out!

Come on, hurry up.

Out of the way!

Stand back! You're not a noble!

They're being slaughtered. Because

no one has come to claim them.

Keep moving! Move!

- There's nothing you can do.

Perugia is faithful to the Church

They come from the North and they

proclaim themselves messenger of justice.

But they spread only

hatred and revolt!

No, don't close your eyes, open them!

The enemies of the Church are

the enemies of Perugia!

heretics who want to come here

and stir up trouble.

Look! We know how to deal with them!

- What is it?

This is our ways with the godless.

It's a Gospel... not in Latin.

- In what language?

Our spoken language. That poor

heretic probably translated it.

Throw it away. It's dangerous.

- Later.

The negotiations were endless.

Francesco was prisoner

for almost a year.

Stop that!

- Leave him alone!

Here life isn't worth a thing, your sleep

isn't worth anything either.

You're wrong, first they sold

the dead meat...

now the living.

Do you have someone who'll pay for you?

- Maybe, if the price is low enough.

And you?

- My father.

I bet your friend has someone

who'll think of him.

Isn't that so?

Hey, you there! Man of learning!

Will you tell us who are you?

Me?

I'm a great prince of the region. And

when you speak to me, bow your head or...

Francesco started to behave oddly and

his father was very upset about it.

He blamed the year

spent in prison on it.

And most of all, he didn't like that job

and he couldn't decide what to do.

Fortunately a great Lord

turned up in Assisi

to recruit the sons of the rich.

There was a great plan

for conquest in Apulia.

A unique opportunity for young men

seeking glory and adventure.

To become a knight was his dream and

naturally he responded to the summons.

That was the second time I saw him.

He was as mixed up as a child.

This one?

- No, the other one, the next one.

Look... This is the latest fashion

among the ladies of Provence.

You were saying?

Excuse me, you were saying?

This is the latest fashion

among the ladies of Provence.

Go away! Go away!

Go! Go!

Just add up.

Including last purchases makes...

let's see... seven houses in Assisi.

Three in Foligno. Rented.

Six barns, five oil mills. The commission

on the slaughterhouse in Foligno...

Four dairy...

- Interesting...

Fifteen farms.

Plus the grazing land

and the handling of the cattle

Here's the schedule

of cash receipts and payments.

I already told you about the weaving

and dyeing factories.

Ah! While you were away, your father

employed more dyers.

Yes, yes, now let's go to the

book of wonders!

Your father has also started an activity

of loan at interest.

It's legal, but it's better not to

make it too public.

You suggested to sell on credit

and I sell money on credit.

Yes...

all the details. What's mine, is yours

Francesco!

Chiara, come on!

Why are you doing this?

They're in need.

You do it for your own good.

And you? What do you do?

I do nothing.

That time he hurt me.

Was I being charitable only

because I had been taught to?

Were my actions habitual

and not spontaneous?

Who was I? What did I want.

Do you know I'm leaving?

Where are you going?

Maybe... Jerusalem.

If you have to go off

with a lord like that...

you have to be fitted out properly.

Beside our armor, we have

to provide a horse.

With suitable trappings, a squire

with mount, all of our provisions.

It will cost as much as two farms.

But that doesn't bother me. Because

you'll win the family a coat of arms!

You are both mad!

Think of the risk! You've barely

regained your health!

This will loosen the catarrh.

If you don't risk, you gain nothing!

Your mother is right. You're still

in a daze. How can I be...

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