Il Malmantile racquistato is a mock-heroic romance influenced by Alessandro Tassoni's La secchia rapita.

[2] According to Filippo Baldinucci Lippi intended the Malmantile to be the reverse of Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered).

[3] The poem is mostly compounded out of a variety of popular tales; its principal subject matter is an expedition for the recovery of the castle of Malmantile by the troops of Baldone, who try to reestablish the righteous reign of Queen Celidora by overthrowing her usurper Bertinella, aided by the witch Martinazza.

The manuscript circulated in Florence during the latter years of the seventeenth century; it was first published posthumously in 1676 and re-issued with an extensive commentary by Paolo Minucci in 1688.

[5] The poem is full of Florentine proverbs, sayings and popular language,[2] and is counted by the Accademia della Crusca as a testo di lingua.