Castruccio marches with the emperor. The two towns prior (Crena and Lodi) yield immediately, but Cremona puts up a slight resistance at first, and is punished for doing so. Custruccio is dismayed at the way the towns people are treated by the conquering army. He "sent men to the protection of several of the palaces, while he and Arrigo rode all night around town; and, having the watchword of the emperor, they succeeded in rescuring some poor wretches from the brutality of the insolent soldiers" (123).
On his way back to Italy, Castruccio goes through a dangerous passage through the Alps. It is here that he meets and rescues Benedetto Pepi, who afterwards becomes a reaccuring figure. (Page 107).
After fleeing England, Castruccio finds himself in Ostend, where he meets Alberto Scoto. He fights for Alberto Scoto, and the lessons he learns under him contributes to the manner with which he seeks power and glory. As Shelley describes it "Scoto's was an evil school; and, if his pupil gained from him a true insight into Italian politics, he at the same time learned the use of those arts which then so much disgraced that people" (100).
Pisa is the home city of the tyrant Uggucione. Uggucione is a staunch Ghibeline, and a sometime ally of Castruccio in his attempt to return to Lucca. He is very active in his campaigns of war against the Guelphs in Florence and Lucca.
Castruccio accompanies King Edward of England to Chelsea on a hawking party. Castruccio and another noble get into a quarrel over their birds, and Castruccio stabs him with a stiletto, leading to his exile from England and Alderigo's brief imprisonment.
Beatrice's trial takes place "in a large square of Ferrara, under the walls of the garden of the convent of St. Anna, and before the gates of the monastery to the care of whose monks the Judgement was intrusted" (217). This is the convent where the true life Beatrice moved into in 1257 and lived until her death in 1264
Abruzzi, also called Abruzzo, was a hill town in the Middle Ages. It was an agricultural economy, relying on livestock, farming, shepherds, etc. This is where Euthansia is wandering after her younger brother dies:
"You have not studied the histories of ancient times, and perhaps know not the life that breathes in them; a soul of beauty and wisdom which had penetrated my heart of hearts. When I descended the hills of Abruzzi, and first saw the Tiber rolling its tranquil waters glistening under the morning sun; I wept" (149).
After gaining monetary support in Holland/Flanders, Castruccio journeys to the French camp where he finds Scoto. (98)
Here we see Castruccio really begin his journey into warfare and what will eventually put him fully at odds with Euthanasia (and what will keep them fatally irreconciable).
While traveling with Pepi, the two pass through Turin. Shortly before this, Pepi gives his speech against Liberty and, when they are in Turin, Castruccio and him part ways. (114-115)
Castruccio takes part in a hawking party in Chelsea. Tempers flair, and one of the nobles strikes Castruccion in the face after a sarcastic remark. Castruccio replies "by blood, and not by words, are blows to be avenged!" then "drew his stiletto, and plunged it into the bosom of his adversay" (95). King Edward saves him from retribution, but send him to a vessel headed to Holland by way of the Tower. The barons seize Alderigo, intending for him to take the punishment before Edward pardons him.
