Bruni, Leonardo (1369–1444), 44, 46, 47, 211, 313
Bueri, Piccarda, see Medici, Piccarda de’
Buggiano, (Andrea Cavalcanti), 319
Buonnaccorsi, Giuliano, 270–1
Buontalenti, Bernardo, and the Boboli Gardens, 271; and the Villa Pratolino, 276, 330; and the Uffizi palace, 278, 328; and Forte di Belvedere, 280; and Il Rapimento di Cefalo, 281; and the Cathedral façade, 324; and Santa Trinità, 328; garden of the Villa of Castello, 323, 329; and Cereto Guidi, 330
Burchiello, the barber, 95
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 306
Buti, Lucrezia, 93
Byron, George Gordon, Baron Byron, 325
Caccini, Giulio (1550–1618), 281, 328
Caccini, Giovanni, 315, 319
Cadorna, Raymond de, 211, 212, 213, 220
Calabria, Alfonso, Duke of, later Alfonso II, King of Naples, q.v., and Florence, 148–9, 150, 155; and Duke of Ferrara, 151; progress of his forces, 152; in Siena, 159; and the Turkish invasion, 159; Maiano and, 167
Calabria, Duchess of, née Ippolita Sforza, 103, 153
Camaldoli, Abbey of, 122, 321
Cambio, Arnolfo di (1232–1301), 313
Cambrai, League of, 207, 223
Campana, Francesco, 263
Capello, Bianca, see Medici, Bianca de’
Capponi family, 316
Capponi, Francesco, 251
Capponi, Neri, 52, 61, 82
Capponi, Piero de Gino, 190–1
Carafa, Diomede, 153–4
Carbone, Lodovico, 96
Cardi, Lodovico, called Cigoli (1559–1613), 324
Carnivals, see Festivals
Castagno, Andrea del, 320
Catherine de’ Medici, Queen of France, see Caterina di Lorenzo de’ Medici (1519–89)
Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (1485–1536), 247, 248
Catherine of Siena, St (1347–80), 172, 278
Cattaneo, Simonetta, see Vespucci, Simonetta
Catullus, Valerius, 91
Cavalcanti family, 43
Cavalcanti, Ginevra, see Medici, Ginevra de’
Cavalcanti, Lorenzo, 137, 138
Caxton, William (c. 1422-c. 1491), 169
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500–71), on syphilis, 205; Clement VII and, 240, 246–7, 253; on his prowess as a gunner, 245–6; on Cosimo I, 258; his Perseus, 274, 329; his bust of Cosimo I, 327
Cennini, Bernardo, 150, 169
Cesarini, Cardinal Julian (1398–1444), 67
Chalcondylas, Demetrius (1424–1511), 111, 170
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, and Roman Emperor, 30
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I, King of Spain; 1500–58), succeeds Ferdinand the Catholic, 223; succeeds Emperor Maximilian, 237; Leo X and, 237; takes Milan, 238; and Clement VII, 239, 240–1, 249, 251, 252; Imperial army marches on Rome, 241, 242–3; and Catherine of Aragon, 248; Imperial forces besiege Florence, 250; and Cosimo I, 264
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685–1740), 305
Charles VII, King of France (1403–61), 84
Charles VIII, King of France, called the Affable (1470–98), his ambitions, 182; his appearance, 182, 190; his personality, 183; and the invasion of Italy, 183–4, 185; Piero di Lorenzo and, 186; Savonarola greets, 188; enters Florence, 189–90; and Capponi, 190–1; in Naples, 193; and his army, 194, 195, 196; and Pisa, 197; death of, 201; and Franco-Florentine friendship, 208
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, 328
Chigi, Agostino, 225
Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–89), 286, 330
Christine of Lorraine, see Medici, Christine de’
Chrysoloras, Emmanuel (c. 1355–1415), 47
Chrysoloras, John, 47
Cibò, Franceschetto, 162, 203
Cibò, Giovanni Battista, see Pope Innocent VIII
Cibò, Innocenzo, Cardinal, 248, 256, 257, 263, 264
Cibò, Lorenzo, 232
Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 98
Cimento, Del, 284, 285, 287
Ciompi, 25–6, 31, 257
Cione, Nardo di, 314
Clothes, the lucco, 21, 215, 262, 270; of 14th century Florentines, 21; of 15th century Florentines, 21–3; of Priori and Gonfaloniere, 26–7; of Bruni, 46; of Signoria, 62; of the Constantinopolitans, 67; ceremonial attire of Eugenius IV, 73; of Donatello, 92; scholars’ caps, 111; of Roman women, 114; of Lorenzo the Magnificent, 116–17, 124; of Clarice Orsini, 117; of Princess Eleonora of Naples, 121; of Charles VIII, 189; of Italian soldiers, 195; of national militia, 211; of Leo X, 221, 222; of Gonfaloniere Ridolfi, 221; of Fra Baraballo, 226; of Cosimo I, 267, 270; uniform of pages of Cosimo I, 268–9; of Grand Duke Gian Gastone, 308, 309
Cocco, Niccolò di, 55
Colonna family, 56, 241, 247
Colonna, Cardinal Pompeio, 235, 238, 239, 241, 326
Commines, Philippe de (1445–1509), 89, 149, 150, 151, 186
Compagnacci, 197, 199
Condottieri, and early Renaissance warfare, 194; and Pisan-Florentine war, 210; untrustworthiness of, 211
Baglioni, Malatesta, 249, 250
Colleoni, Bartolommeo (1400–75), 106, 167
Hawkwood, Sir John, 320
Montesecco, Gian Battista, 132–4, 135, 136, 141–2
Niccolò da Tolentino, 52, 320
Piccinino, Jacopo, 194
Piccinino, Niccolò, 42, 80, 82
Sanseverino, Roberto da, 117
Sforza, Francesco, see separate entry
Trivulzio, Gian Giacomo, 149
Urbino, Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of, see separate entry
Constantinople, 64, 85
Copernicus, prop. Nicolaus Koppernigk (1473–1543), 240, 280
Cornaro, Cardinal, 225, 231
Corsini, Filippo, 118
Cosmas, St, 37
Cossa, Baldassare, Cardinal, later Pope John XXIII, q.v. (c. 1370–1419), 35, 87
Council of Bâle (1431–49), 64–5
Council of Constance (1414–18), 34, 35–6
Council of Florence (1438–45), 64, 66–8, 69, 87, 110
Council of Pisa (1409), 34
Craon, Prince Marc de, 309
Credi, Lorenzo di (1459–1537), 192
Crespi, Giuseppe Maria (1665–1747), 300
Cretensis, Demetrius, 170
Crusades, preached by Calixtus III, 86; Pazzo de’ Pazzi and, 131
Curia, the, 95, 129
Dami, Giuliano, 303, 305, 307
Damian, St, 37
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), 70, 171
Dati, Gregorio, 28
Del Cimento, 284, 285, 287
Democritus, 297
Diogenes Laertius, 47
Domenico da Pescia, Fra, 196, 198, 199, 200
Domenico, Giovanni di, 317
Donatello, prop. Donato di Betto Bardi (1386–1466), Michelozzo and, 75; his history, 90; his works, 90–1, 192, 312, 315, 318, 329; Cosimo di Giovanni and, 91, 92, 108; and the Genoese merchant, 91–2; attitude to money, 92; in old age, 92; Piero di Cosimo and, 107–8; and the tomb of John XXIII, 316; his gallery, 320
Donati, Lucrezia, 116, 121, 146
Doni, Paolo di, 108
Dovizi da Bibbiena, Bernardo, 206, 217, 227, 232
Dovizi da Bibbiena, Piero, 178, 206
Duomo, the, see Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore, Cathedral of
Edward III, King of England (1312–77), 39
Edward IV, King of England (1442–83), 158
Eleonora of Toledo, see Medici, Eleonora de’
Elizabeth, Queen of Spain (1692–1766), 305
Entragues, Robert de Balzac, 210
Este, Alfonso d’ see Ferrara, Duke of
Este, Borso d’, see Ferrara, Duke of
Este, Ercole d’, see Ferrara, Duke of
Este, Ippolito d’, Cardinal, 217
Este, Isabella d’, 32
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Fancelli, Luca, 328
Farnese, Alessandro, Cardinal, later Pope Paul III, q.v. (1468–1549), 238
Farnese, Elizabeth, see Elizabeth, Queen of Spain
Farnese, Ottavio, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, 264
Federigo, Prince of Naples, 103, 153
Fedi, Pio, 329
Ferdinand the Catholic, King, V of Castile, II of Aragon and Sicily, and III of Naples (1452–1516), joins the Holy League, 194; and Louis XII, 201, and Leo X, 220, 222; death of, 223
Ferrai, Luigi Alberto, 264
Ferrante, Don, 84
Ferrante, King of Naples (1423–94), 103; and Lorenzo the Magnificent, 117, 154; and Sixtus IV, 130, 154; and Florence, 148, 159; and the Sforzas, 151, 183; the Signoria distrusts, 153; and the Turkish invasion, 159; Savonarola and, 182; death of, 183
Ferrara, Cosimo di Giovanni at, 54; disastrous Council of, 65–6; Savonarola’s forbears at court of, 178; Leo X and, 237
Ferrara, Alfonso d’Este (I), Duke of (1476–1534), 208, 222
Ferrara, Alfonso d’Este (II), Duke of (1533–97), 269
Ferrara, Borso d’Este, Duke of, 105, 117
Ferrara, Duchy of, 219
Ferrara, Ercole d’Este, Duke of, 150, 151, 152
Ferrara, Lucrezia d’Este, Duchess of, née Medici, Lucrezia di Cosimo de’ (1544–61), 269
Ferrara, Marquis of, 50, 54
Ferri, Antonio, 299
Ferri, Cirro, 285
Ferrucci, Francesco, 250, 327
Festivals, pageants of the Magi, 111; tournament to celebrate wedding of Lorenzo the Magnificent, 116; Florence famous for festivities, 119; Calendimaggio, 119, 297; of St John the Baptist, 119–20, 289; Lenten and Easter, 120; for Princess Eleonora of Napes, 121; Savonarola’s orders on carnivals, 192; encouraged under Cardinal Giovanni, 216; for the election of Leo X, 217–18; reception of Leo X in Florence, 220–2; celebrations for title of Grand Duke, 266; Cosimo I encourages, 273; for the wedding of Ferdinand I, 280–1; for the wedding of Maria de’ Medici and Henry IV, 281; for the wedding of Cosimo II, 282; for the wedding of Cosimo III, 289; Grand Prince Ferdinand arranges a joust, 308; abolition of Medici public holidays, 310; Scoppio del Carro, 321–2
Fetti, Fra Mariano, 226, 231
Fiamingo, Niccolò, 274
Ficino, Marsilio (1433–99), Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 68–9, 77; and Lorenzo the Magnificent, 103, 113, 122, 165; Poliziano and, 122; his villa, 316
Filarete, Antonio Averlino, 107
Filelfo, Francesco (1398–1481), 47–8, 51, 59
Florence, in 15th century, 19–21; government of, 25, 26–7, 28, 32; banner of, 26; territorial expansion, 32; trade, 33; the florin, 33; Martin V in, 36; Cosimo Pater Patriae returns to, 58; taxation in, 61–2; and the Council of Florence, 65–6, 68; entry of Eastern Emperor into, 66; Medici generosity for adornment of, 69; Cosimo Pater Patriae on, 73; Cosimo Pater Patriae and foreign policy of, 79, 82–4; and Milan, 79–80, 83, 84, 105, 130; war declared on, 84, 148; Party of the Hill and Party of the Plain, 104, 105; return of the Medici, 105–6, 212, 214, 249, 251; and Venice, 106, 130; pageants and festivities in, 111, 118-19, 217–18; Florentine wedding customs, 117–18; lions of, 119, 173, 327; Milanese state visit to, 124; and the Papacy, 129, 130, 159–60; rioting in, 140; War of the Pazzi Conspiracy, 149–50, 151, 152, 155; and Naples, 155; Cennini’s printing press in, 169; Savonarola and, 179, 180, 181, 182, 191, 193, 197; attitude to French invasion of Italy, 184; Charles VIII enters, 189–90; Cinozzi on, 193; and France, 208; in decline, 210, 306–7; national militia of, 211, 213, 214; reception for Leo X, 220–2; flood and famine in, 223; Cardinal Giulio’s administration, 236; problem of government of, 237; resentment against Passerini and Clement VII in, 248–9; organisation of defence of, 249; siege of, 250; surrenders to the Pope and the Emperor, 250–1; resentment against Alessandro de’ Medici, 254; Florentine navy, 266–7; under Ferdinand I, 279
Accademia della Crusca, 323, 330
Baptistery, the, see San Giovanni
Battista, church of
Bargello, the, Podestà at, 27; Albizzi intends to seize, 56; executions in, 142, 277; Botticelli’s paintings of the Pazzi conspirators in, 142; Donatello’s works in, 312, 318, 327; historical note on, 313; Verrocchio’s works in, 316, 323; Pollaiuolo’s work in, 320; Giambologna’s bronzes in, 323, 329; bust of Cosimo I in, 327
Borgo degli Albizzi, 321
Borgo Pinti, 66, 331
Borgo San Piero, 117, 321
Borgo Sant’ Apostoli, 315
Campanile, the, 90, 320
Casa Buonarroti, 322
Casa Guidi, 321
Corso, the, 120
Corso dei Tintori, 332
Duomo, the, see Santa Maria del Fiore, Cathedral of
Forte di Belvedere, 280, 313, 324, 330
Fortezza da Basso, 254, 327
Fortezza di San Giorgio, 330
Giardino dei Semplici, 315
Loggia dei Lanzi, 199, 314, 329
Lungarni, 282
Lungarno Acciaiuoli, 314
Lungarno Corsini, 314, 325
Lungarno Guicciardini, 325
Mercato Nuovo, 32, 217–18, 221, 313
Mercato Vecchio, 20, 34, 119, 120, 312
Ospedale degli Innocenti, 71, 316
Orti Oricellari, 313
Palazzi, see separate entries
Piazza dei Pitti, 273
Piazza del Duomo, 32, 75, 120, 189
Piazza della Repubblica, 312
Piazza della Signoria, Parlamento and, 27, 50, 57, 62, 191, 251; Signoria troops in, 56; circuses in, 119; and festival of St John the Baptist, 120; fighting in, 139; conspirators’ corpses hang in, 140; ordeal by fire in, 199; Savonarola burned in, 200; national militia parade in, 211; Soderini speaks in, 212-13; Medici supporters in, 214, 215–16; Leo X in, 221; rioting in, 248; Michelangelo’s David in, 249; executions in, 264; statues in the Loggia dei Lanzi, 274, 279, 280; Festa degli Omaggi, 289; the city’s lions in, 327; Ammanati’s Neptune Fountain in, 327; statue of Cosimo I in, 331
Piazza Piave, 327
Piazza Peruzzi, 315
Piazza San Marco, 322
Piazza Sant’ Apollinare, 56
Piazza Santa Croce, 312; tournaments in, 38, 116, 121, 314; mock battles in, 119; joust in, 300
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 57, 273
Piazza Santo Spirito, 315
Piazza Santa Trinità, 119, 221, 331
Piazza Santissima Annunziata, 316, 331
Ponte alla Carraia, 274, 282, 328–9
Ponte Santa Trinità, 221, 274, 282, 289, 314, 328
Ponte Vecchio, 20, 121, 200, 312
Porta al Prato, 120, 308, 313
Porta alla Croce, 120
Porta alla Giustizia, 254, 327
Porta di San Pier Gattolini, 36
Porta Romana, 121, 221
Porta San Gallo, 53, 187
Porta San Freliano, 189
Prato, the, 121
Rotonda di Santa Maria Angeli, 314
San Bartolommeo, church of, 73
San Gaetano, church of, 324
San Gaggio, convent of, 36–7
San Giovanni Battista, church of (the Baptistery), 31, 321; tomb and monument of John XXIII in, 36, 75; bronze doors of, 70–1, 110, 316; Dante on, 70; votive offering taken to, 120; historical note on, 316
San Giovannino degli Scolopi, 75, 317
San Lorenzo, Brunelleschi’s works in, 70, 75, 326; Giovanni di Bicci and, 71, 98, 319; Medici chapel, 71, 326; Donatello’s work for, 90; Cosimo Pater Patriae’s monument in, 98, 319; Donatello buried in, 108; the Medici tombs in, 112, 144, 174, 274, 293, 309, 321, 329; Savonarola preaches at, 179; Michelangelo and, 229, 240, 325; Capella dei Principi, 274, 293, 309, 313, 324, 329; Duke Ferdinand I inaugurates a ceremony at, 279; Medici emblems in, 313; Martelli chapel, 316; the Medici Library in, 316; historical note on, 317
San Marco, convent of, Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 69, 74; Lorenzo the Magnificent’s body at, 174; Savonarola at, 179, 180, 181; treas
ures from Medici Library lodged at, 187, 316; refuge sought in, 199; Cosimo I and the Dominicans of, 265; historical note on, 317; Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion and Annunciation in, 319
San Martino, church of, 331
San Miniato al Monte, church of, 107, 319
San Pier Schieraggio, church of, 55, 316
Sant’ Ambrogio, church of, 93
Sant’ Antonio, convent of, 123
Sant’ Apostoli, church of, 131, 321
Santa Croce, church and convent of, 131; borse kept at, 26; meetings of Council of Florence in, 66; Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 73; Jacopo de’ Pazzi buried in, 141; Galileo buried in, 282, 317, 332; historical note on, 312–13; Bardi chapel, 314; Donatello’s Annunciation in, 315; Peruzzi chapel, 315; novices’ chapel, 317
Santa Felicità, church of, 316
Santa Maria degli Angeli, monastery of, 37, 47, 314
Santa Maria del Carmine, convent of, 92–3, 319
Santa Maria del Impruneta, 325
Santa Maria del Fiore, Cathedral of (the Duomo), 32; Arte della Lana and, 33; and Council of Florence, 67; Ghiberti’s windows for, 70; Brunelleschi’s dome, 72, 317; Donatello and, 90, 320; Della Robbia’s singing gallery, 108, 320; Matins of Darkness, 120; Holy Saturday in, 120; and the Pazzi conspiracy, 135–6, 137–8; façade of, 168, 221, 324; lightning strikes, 173; Savonarola Preaches in, 178, 180, 185, 196, 197; Compagnacci in, 197; congregation attacked in, 199; Leo X in, 222; Cosimo I in, 270; proxy marriage of Maria de’ Medici in, 281; ceremony for Ferdinand III and Marguerite Louise in, 288; historical note on, 313; cenotaphs in, 320; Scoppio del Carro, 321–2