Santa Maria Novella, church and convent of, Eugenius V in, 56, 57, 66, 73; meetings of Council of Florence in, 66; Ghirlandaio murals in, 102, 167, 319, 323; Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi in, 109; Tornabuoni chapel, 165; mad woman in, 173; secret messages left in, 212; Alberti designs façade of, 313; historical note on, 314; Strozzi chapel, 314; Capella Maggiore, 319, 323; Botticelli’s work for, 320; Viceroy of Naples lodged at, 327; Spanish chapel, 327
Santa Maria Nuova, hospital of, 71, 314, 316
Santa Trinità, church of, 167, 319, 328; Onofrio Strozzi chapel, 110, 314; Sassetti chapel, 323; Gianfigliazzi chapel, 325
Santissima Annunziata, church of, Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 73; Piero di Cosimo’s gift to, 107; wax effigy of Lorenzo the Magnificent in, 143; Clement VII’s effigy thrown out of, 248; Cosimo I in, 270; exhibition of paintings in, 301; Caccini’s loggia in, 315; Pucci chapel, 315; the choir of, 317; the tabernacle, 320
Santo Spirito, church of, 168, 323
Straw Market, 313
Teatro della Pergola, 332
Uffizi, the, 316; function of, 271; art gallery in, 278, 327–8; Ferdinando I enlarges, 280; the Tribuna, 281; opera at, 281; nude statues in, 306; pictures in, 314; Uccello’s work in, 320; Pollaiuolo’s work in, 320; Botticelli’s works in, 320, 322; Gentile da Fabriano’s work in, 320
Via Bufalini, 71
Via Calimala, 312
Via Cavour, 317
Via de’ Bardi, 39, 43, 313, 314
Via de’ Benci, 313
Via de’ Gori, 75, 76, 317
Via de’ Pucci, 315
Via de’ Servi, 137, 315, 325
Via degli Alfani, 314, 332
Via dei Leoni, 173, 327
Via del Cocomero, 286, 332
Via della Pergola, 286, 289, 332
Via della Scala, 286, 331, 332
Via della Vigna, 120
Via della Vigna Nuova, 313
Via della Vigna Vecchia, 321
Via di San Gallo, 143
Via di Santa Margherita a Montici, 315
Via Ghibellina, 322
Via Guicciardini, 315
Via Lamarmora, 315
Via Larga, Medici home in, 32; Palazzo Medici in, 75, 76, 90, 215; Filippo Lippi in, 93; Pazzi and Giuliano di Piero in, 137; renamed, 317
Via Maggio, 221, 289, 321, 330
Via Maggiore, 321
Via Mazzetta, 321
Via Nuova Borg’ Ognissanti, 109
Via Palmieri, 321
Via Pietrapiana, 331
Via Porta Rossa, 32, 313
Via Proconsolo, 321
Via Ricasoli, 319, 326, 332
Via Rondinelli, 330
Via Santo Spirito, 327
Via Strozzi, 323
Via Tornabuoni, 314, 323, 330
Florence, Archbishops of, Antonio Pierozzi, 74, 95; Piero Riario, 128; Rinaldo Orsini, 130; Giulio de’ Medici, 232
Florentines, clothing of, 21–3; women, 22–3; Dati on, 28; Pius II on, 38; and the Medici, 50, 82; in fear of Don Ferrante, 84; Medici marriages with, 115; Mantuan envoy on Savonarola and, 185; celebrate defeats of Venice and the Pope, 209
Foggini, Giovanni Battista, 333
Foix, Gaston de (1489–1512), 209
France, and Florence and Milan, 84, 85; Piero di Cosimo ambassador to, 102; and battle of Ravenna, 208, 209; and Florence, 209
Franceschini, Baldassare, ‘il Volterrano’, 331, 332
Francesco da Puglia, Fra, 198, 199
Francesco da Sangallo, 325
Francesco II, Duke of Lorraine, later Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–65), 309
Franchi, Rosello di Jacopo, 331
Franciabigio, prop. Francesco di Cristofano Bigi (1482–1525), 322
Franciotto, Galeotto, Cardinal, 206
Francis I, King of France (1494–1547), 252; Leo X and, 219, 222; his appearance and ambition, 219; invades Italy, 220; and Parma and Piacenza, 237; Charles V defeats, 238, 240; and Clement VII, 239, 241
Frundesberg, Georg von (1473–1528), 241–2
Fuorusciti, 263–4
Furini, Francesco, 285, 332
Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642), 292; his history, 282; burial of, 282, 317, 332; Ferdinando II and, 282, 284, 317; his telescope, 331; his papers in Biblioteca Nazionale, 332
Gaza, Theodorus (1398–1478), 170
Genoa, Medici office in, 34; and Smyrna alum mines, 88; and Florence, 159, 163; buys Sarzana, 210
Gentile da Fabriano (1370–1427?), and the Constantinopolitans, 67; Adoration of the Magi, 110, 314, 320
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378–1455), and bronze doors for the Baptistery, 70–1, 316; and the Cathedral dome, 72; his statue of St Matthew, 73; Donatello and, 90; Gozzoli and, 110; his wooden screen in the Cathedral, 137; his bronzes in Orsanmichele, 317
Ghiberti, Vittorio, 316
Ghirlandaio, Domenico Curradi (1444–94), 168; his murals in Santa Maria Novella, 102, 167, 319, 323; Michelangelo and, 165
Ghirlandaio, Ridolfo (1483–1561), 314
Giambologna, prop. Jehan de Boulogne (1529–1608), 328; bronzes by, 276, 323; equestrian statue of Cosimo I, 280, 331; and the Cathedral façade, 324; his Rape of the Sabines, 329; l’Appenino, 330; equestrian statue of Ferdinando I, 331
Gianfigliazzi, Selvaggia de’, 325
Gigli, Girolamo, 278
Ginori, Caterina Soderini, 255, 256
Giotto di Bondone (1267–1337), 108, 314, 315, 320
Giovanni, Bertoldo di, 165
Giovanni da San Giovanni, 285, 332
Giovio, Paolo, 226
Girolami, Raffaelo, 251
Giuliano da Maiano, 167, 321
Giuliano da Sangallo, 164, 316, 322, 323, 325
Giulio Romano, prop. Giulio Pippi de’ Giannuzzi (c. 1492–1546), 240
Gonsalvo de Cordoba (1453–1515), 202
Gonzaga, Eleonora, see Medici, Eleonora de’
Gonzaga, Francesco, Marquis of Mantua, 194, 195–6, 206
Gonzaga, Ghismondo, Cardinal, 217
Gorini, Fioretta, 144, 322
Government, trade guilds and, 25, 26; organization of, 26, 27; Albizzi family control, 32; Ten of War, 42–3, 151; and the Albizzi plot, 49, 50
Accoppiatori, 60–1, 62–3, 104, 191
Balìa, 106, 191; and the anti-Medici plot, 50; and the Medici, 58, 216; confirm powers of Accoppiatori, 62–3; Lorenzo the Magnificent admitted to, 125; creates Council of Seventy, 156; after the siege of Florence, 251
Cento, 125
Collegi, 27, 105
Council of Seventy, 156–7
Dodici Procuratori, 157
Gonfalonieri, office of, 26; dress of, 27, holders of the office of, 30–1, 32, 55, 60; 62, 90, 104, 152, 220, 251; increase in power of, 63; Cosimo Pater Patriae, 66; in procession, 73; Piero di Cosimo, 101; Cesare Petrucci, 138–9; excommunicated, 148; Soderini appointed for life, 210; Capponi appointed for a year, 248–9; a pro-Medicean, 251; abolition of the office, 264
Parlamento, 27, 106, 191, 216
Priori, selection of, 26; dress of, 26–7; prestige, 29; holders of the office, 32, 95, 101, 104; and the anti-Medici plot, 49, 52, 56; in procession, 71, 73; and the Pazzi Conspiracy, 139; and Piero di Lorenzo, 186 Signoria, method of forming, 26; organization, 27; and the 15th century Albizzi-Medici conflict, 32, 42, 49, 52–3, 55–8; manipulation of elections, 60; and foreign affairs, 79; honour Cosimo Pater Patriae, 98; and the Medici, 106, 187; seal of, 109; and the Volterran riots, 126; and ecclesiastical appointments, 130; and the Pope, 148, 149; Lorenzo the Magnificent and, 153; its authority limited, 157; Piero di Lorenzo and, 186; get Medici jewels, 187; Charles VIII and, 190; Accoppiatori and, 191; watch the bonfire of vanities, 192; Alexander VI and, 197; and Savonarola, 198, 200; and Cardinal Giovanni, 208; war drains the resources of, 210; and a national militia, 211; and Lorenzo di Piero’s title, 220; abolition of, 264; and the Medici library, 316
Gorini, Simonetta, 233
Gozzoli, Benozzo (c. 1420–97), 67
, 110–12, 320–1
Grandi, and government of Florence, 28; and Cosimo di Giovanni, 43; Medici declared to be, 52; become eligible for election to office, 61
‘Great Schism’, the (1378–1417), 34
Greek Orthodox Church, 64, 65, 67
Grocyn, William (c. 1446–1519), 170
Grosso, Niccolò, 76, 318
Guadagni family, 58
Guadagni, Bernardo, 49, 51–2
Guasconi family, 58
Guicciardini family, 58
Guicciardini, Francesco (1483–1540), 315; on Cosimo Pater Patriae, 63; on Lorenzo the Magnificent, 146, 157; on Capponi and Charles VIII, 190; on the French in Naples, 193; on French artillery, 195; on the sack of Prato, 213–14; on Giulio de’ Medici, 233; on Giovanni delle Bande Nere, 242; on Clement VII, 243; on Cardinal Passerini, 248; on the aftermath of the siege of Florence, 251; eulogizes Alessandro de’ Medici, 254; leader of the Palleschi, 256, 257; and Cosimo I, 257, 258, 264; Varchi on, 263
Guicciardini, Giovanni, 55, 56
Guicciardini, Luigi, 160
Guicciardini, Piero, 56
Guilds, trade, Florentine, 25–6; and Signoria, 26; cloth and wool, 33; Arte del Cambio, 33, 73; Arte di Por Santa Maria, 71; and the Cathedral dome, 72; commission statues for Orsanmichele, 73; and number of working-days per year, 119; on verge of ruin, 210; of the Calimala, 319–20
Hadfield, Charles, 325
Handel, George Frederick (1685–1759), 300
Hanno, elephant belonging to Pope Leo X, 226
Henry VIII, King of England (1491–1547), 239, 247–8
Henry II, King of France, see Orléans, Henri de Valois, Duke of
Henry IV, King of France (1553–1610), 281
Holy Leagues, Florence, Milan, the Pope and Venice, 85; Alexander VI’s, 194; mercenaries in battle, 195; Savonarola and, 196; League of Cambrai, 207, 223; Julius II’s, 208, 209, 211–12, 214
Humanists, Cosimo Pater Patriae, 37–8; Albizzi and, 43–4; friends of Cosimo Pater Patriae, 43, 46, 47; Piccolimini and Parentucelli, 88; and vernacular poetry, 170
Imola, 107, 128, 129, 131, 132
Insignia, of Florence, 26, 33, 313; of the Medici, 30, 48, 102, 111, 313, 319, 323; of Arte della Lana, 33; of Cosimo Pater Patriae, 76, 111; of the Medici bank, 87; Valois lilies, 102; seal of the Signoria, 109; standard of Lorenzo the Magnificent, 117; of citizens of Florence, 215; Cardinal Giovanni’s personal device, 216; of Del Cimento, 284; Peruzzi family emblem, 315; arms of Piero di Cosimo, 320; the Castracani leopard, 321; Francesco I and the Medici emblem, 331
Jews, 129, 279, 297, 307
Joanna, Archduchess of Austria, see Medici, Joanna de’, Grand Duchess
John VII Paleologus, Emperor of the East (r. 1425–48), 83; and the Pope, 64; enters Florence, 66; and the Council of Florence, 67, 68; and the Florentine-Milanese alliance, 83; Gozzoli and, 110
Kallistos, Andronicus, 122
Knights of St John of Jerusalem, 267
Knights of Santo Stefano, 266
La Badia, monastery of, 73
Ladislaus, King of Naples, 35
Lama, Guaspare di Zanobi del, 109
Landini, Taddeo, 328
Landino, Cristoforo, 103, 122
Landucci, Luca, on Italian warfare, 151; on the attack on Colle, 152; on an alleged assassin, 158; and the influence of Savonarola, 193; on the burning of Savonarola, 200; on the national militia, 211; his confidence, 211–12
Lannoy, Charles de, 241
Lascaris, Giovanni, called Rhyndacenus (c. 1445–1535), 169, 228
Latimer, William, 170
Latino, Cardinal, 116
Lenzi, Lorenzo, 185
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), 168, 228, 240, 324
Leoni, Piero, 173, 174
Libraries, of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 54, 315; the Medici, 69, 88, 107, 169, 187, 240, 299; Vatican, 69; of San Bartolommeo, 73; Biblioteca Laurenziana, 240, 326; Biblioteca Nazionale, 332; the Palatina, 332
Linacre, Thomas (c. 1460–1524), 170
Lions of Florence, 119, 173, 327
Lippi, Anniballe. 330
Lippi, Filippino (c. 1458–1504), 165, 168, 319; his birth, 93; Lorenzo the Magnificent and, 167; his mural at Poggio a Caiano, 322
Lippi, Fra Filippo, called Lippo Lippi (c. 1406–69); his history, 92–3; his behaviour, 93; Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 93–4; Botticelli and, 109; The Virgin Adoring the Child, 110, 320; his altarpiece in San Lorenzo, 316; Coronation of the Virgin, 319
Lombardi, Giovanni, 330
Lorraine, Charles, Prince of, 288, 290
Lorraine, Francesco II, Duke of, later Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–65), 309
Louis XI, King of France (1423–83), 102, 149, 182
Louis XII, King of France (1462–1515), 201, 207, 208, 219
Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715), 281; Marguerite-Louise and, 288, 291, 293–4, 295, 296; and Cosimo III, 292
Lucca, 42, 83, 150, 210
Lucretius, prop. Titus Lucretius Carus, 45
Luther, Martin (1483–1546), 245
Machiavelli, Niccolò di Bernardo (1469–1527), and the battle of Anghiari, 194; appearance, 210; organizes national militia, 211; on the sack of Prato, 214; The Prince, 214, 326; his advice sought, 219; Mandragola, 227; his papers, 332
Maddalena, Cosimo’s slave-girl, 39–40
Madeleine de la Tour d’ Auvergne, see Urbino, Duchess of
Maffei, Fra Antonio, 136, 137–8, 141
Maffei, Raffaele, 141
Mahomet II, ‘the Conqueror’, Sultan of Turkey (1430–81), 160
Malavolti, Federigo, 51
Malespini family, 43
Manetti, Antonio, 317
Manetti, Giannozzo, 61, 82
Manfredi, Taddeo, 128
Mann, Sir Horace, 325, 328
Mannaioni, Giulio, 319
Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of, 194, 195–6, 206
Manuel I, King of Portugal (1469–1521), 226
Marco da Fienza, 330
Margaret of Parma, see Medici, Margaret de’
Marguerite Louise of Orléans, see Medici, Margaret Louise de’
Maria Maddalena, Archduchess of Austria, see Medici, Maria Maddalena de’, Grand Duchess
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (1717–80), 309
Mariano, Fra, 180, 181
Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France (1573–1642), 281
Marsuppini, Carlo, 44, 47, 48, 313
Martelli family, 57
Martelli, Camilla, see Medici, Camilla de’
Mary, Queen of France, 219
Masaccio, prop. Tomasso Guidi (1401–28?), 92, 319
Masolino da Panicale (1383–1447), 319
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519), and Anne of Brittany, 183; joins the Holy League, 194; and Julius II, 207; Leo X and, 220; death of, 237
Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal, orig. Giulio Mazarini (1602–61), 288
Medici, the, origins of, 30; insignia of, 30; public service, 30–1; the Albizzi and, 43, 55, 212; the Martelli and, 57; sentence of banishment revoked, 58; opposition to, 104; Gozzoli and, 110; and Poliziano, 122; and the Pazzi, 131, 132; Signoria declares them banished, 187; Savonarola and, 191; restoration of, 212, 214, 216; election of a Medici Pope, 217; the Sacred College and, 235; and Henry of Navarre, 281; and the Inquisition, 297; the Medici holidays abolished, 310; bequest of the Medici treasures, 310–11; and the Palazzo Medici, 317–18; the Medici collections, 324, 332
Medici, Alessandro de’, illegitimate son of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino or of Cardinal Giulio, 239, 257, 262; his parentage, 236; his unpopularity, 248; Clement VII’s plans for, 251; and Ippolito, 252–3; Florentine resentment against, 253–4; his marriage and death, 254–5; and Lorenzaccio di Pierfrancesco, 255; assassination of, 256
Medici, Alfonsina de’, née Orsini, 178, 187, 236
Medici, Anna Maria Francesca de’, née Anna Maria Francesca of Saxe-Lauenberg, 302–3
Medici, Anna Maria Luisa di Cosimo de’, see Anna Mari
a, Electress Palatine
Medici, Ardingo de’, 30
Medici, Averardo de’, 31
Medici Bank, see Bank, Medici
Medici, Bianca de’, née Capello, 275–6, 278, 329, 330
Medici, Bianca di Piero de’, see Pazzi, Bianca
Medici, Camilla de’, née Martelli, 272–3
Medici, Carlo de’, illegitimate son of Cosimo Pater Patriar, 40, 93, 314
Medici, Caterina di Lorenzo de’, Duchess of Urbino and later Queen of France (1519–89), 239, 280; birth of, 235; created Duchess of Urbino, 236; her marriage, 252
Medici, Christine de’, née Christine of Lorraine (1565–1636), 280, 283
Medici, Clarice de’, née Orsini, Lucrezia de’ Medici on, 114–15; Lorenzo the Magnificent and, 116, 145–7; her wedding celebrations, 117–18; at Pistoia, 145; and Poliziano, 145; her temperament, 146; and her children, 147, 162; her death, 147; and Giovanni’s birth, 202; and Botticelli’s Portrait of a Young Woman, 322
Medici, Clarice di Piero de’, see Strozzi, Clarice
Medici, Contessina de’, née de’ Bardi, 43, 47; marriage, 38; personality, 39; Donatello’s bronze head of, 91
Medici, Contessina di Lorenzo de’, see Ridolfi, Contessina
Medici, Cosimino di Giovanni de’, 96
Medici, Cosimo de’, illegitimate son of Cosimo I, 266
Medici, Cosimo di Ferdinando de’, later Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590–1620), 281–2