Corsignano appears as a place of refuge after a humiliating reversal: stripped of his clothes and horse through Cecco Fortarrigo’s trickery, Cecco Angiolieri goes to his kinsfolk there and remains until his father furnishes him anew.

Setting in the Episode

Corsignano enters the narrative at the end of Angiolieri’s misadventure. He had intended to travel as a wealthy man to a cardinal in the Marches of Ancona, but Fortarrigo’s deception leaves him barefoot and in his shirt. Ashamed to return directly to Siena, Angiolieri first goes back to Buonconvento, borrows clothes, and then makes for Corsignano.

Angiolieri’s Stay

At Corsignano, Angiolieri turns to his kinsfolk for shelter. He stays with them until his father provides for him again, marking the end of his immediate destitution. The account gives no further description of the place or of his relatives’ household.

Narrative Significance

Corsignano is the destination that closes Angiolieri’s retreat from the consequences of Fortarrigo’s fraud. The episode contrasts Angiolieri’s intended journey in affluence with his actual arrival after losing his possessions; his stay among relatives bridges that reversal and his eventual support from his father.