INDEX

A Abbioso, Bishop Acciaiuoli, Agnolo “ Donato Adrian VI., Pope Albizzi, Family of “ Constanza “ Eleanora “ Luigi “ Nannina Alfonso II., Duke of Ferrara Ambrogiana, Villa of Antinori, Bernardino “ Filippo

B Bandino, Bernardo Barga, Antonio da Baroncelli, Villa of Bentivoglio, Count Ulisse Boscoli, Pietro P. Bracciolini, Giacopo Brivio, Francesco Buonaventuri, Constanza “ Giovanni, B. “ Pietro “ Zenobio Buonromeo, Carlo “ Giovanni

C Cafaggiuolo, Villa of Cappello, Bartolommeo Capponi, Bernardo “ Piero Castello, Villa of Cavalcanti, Antonio Cerreto Guidi, Villa of Cesare, d’Este, Duke of Modena Charles V., Emperor Charles VIII., King of France Cibo, Cardinal Colonna, Giulia Gonzaga Contrari, Creole Corsi, Amerigo “Cosa di Cosimo” “ di Francesco” “ della Lussuria”

D Dei, Benedetto Delle Murate, Convent of Domenico, Giovanni

E Ercole II., Duke of Ferrara

F Florence, Ammoniti “ “Il governo d’un solo” “ “Tyrant of” “ hot-bed of crime “ first of modern states “ office of Gonfaloniere “ Giustizia abolished “ “A monster” “ fortress of San Giovanni “ tyrannicide studies “ violent deaths in “ patronage of Cosimo I. “ Cappella degli Spagnuoli “ Accademia della Crusca “ “ delle Elevati “ training of children in “ “Cicisbeo” “ “Partiti” “ “The Three Graces” “ “City of Assassins” Fondi, Castle of Francis I., King of France Franzesi, Napoleone

G Gaci, Alessandro Gianfigliazzi, Bongiano Ginori, Caterina “ Francesco Giovanni da Perugia Guicciardini, Francesco Guicciardini, Luigi Gregory XIII., Pope

H Henry II., King of France

J Julius II., Pope “ III, Pope

L Lando, Michaele, “Ciompi” rising “La Simonetta”

M Macchiavelli, Niccolo Madrigals, Francesco de’ Medici’s Maffei, Frate Antonio Malatesti, Family of “ Jacopo “ Lamberto “ Leonida “ Malatesta Martelli, Family of “ Antonio “ Baccio, Admiral “ Cammilla (see Medici) “ Domenico “ Maria “ Violante Maximilian, Emperor Medici, Alamanno “ Alessandro, First Duke of Florence “ Alfonsina d’Orsini “ Antonio, supposititious son of Bianca Cappello “ Ardingo “ Averardo I. “ “ II. “ “ III., “Bicci” “ Bianca Cappello-Buonaventuri “ Bianca, daughter of Piero “il Gottoso” “ Bonagiunto “ Cammilla de’ Martelli “ Caterina, Queen of France “ Chiarissimo I. “ “ II. “ “ III. “ Clarice d’Orsini “ Clarice, wife of Filippo negli Strozzi “ Contessina (de’ Bardi) “ Cosimo, “Il Padre della Patria” “ Cosimo I., First Grand Duke of Tuscany “ Cristina of Lorraine “ Eleonora de’ Toledo “ Eleanora de’ Garzia “ Ferdinando, son of Cosimo I., Cardinal “ Filippo or Lippo “ Filippo, son of Grand Duke Francesco “ Francesco, Second Grand Duke of Tuscany “ Garzia, son of Cosimo I. “ Gianbuono “ Giovanna of Austria “ Giovanni, First Tragedy “ “ son of Averardo III. “ “ son of Cosimo “Il Padre della Patria” ( see Chart) “ “ “Il Popolano” “ “ son of “Il Magnifico” “ “ “delle Bande Nere” “ “ son of Cosimo I., Cardinal “ “ son of Eleonora degli Albizzi “ “ Second “Grand” Medici “ “ Pope Leo X. “ Giuliano, “Il Pensieroso” “ “ son of “Il Magnifico,” Duke of Nemours “ “ brother of Lorenzino “ Giulio, Pope Clement VII. “ Ippolito, Cardinal “ Isabella Romola, daughter of Cosimo I. “ “La Bia” “ Laudomia, daughter of Pierfrancesco II. “ Lorenzo, son of Giovanni, “Bicci” “ “ “Il Magnifico” “ “ Duke of Urbino “ “ “Il Terribile” “ Luigia,, daughter of “Il Magnifico” “ Lucrezia, de’ Tornabuoni “ “ daughter of “Il Magnifico” “ “ daughter of Cosimo I. “ Maddalena, daughter of “Il Magnifico” “ Maddalena, daughter of Pierfrancesco II. “ Margaret of Austria “ Maria Lucrezia, daughter of Cosimo I. “ Maria Lucrezia, Queen of France “ Palace of Via Larga “ Palace of Pitti “ Pierfrancesco II. “ Piero, “Il Gottoso” “ “ son of “Il Magnifico” “ “ son of Cosimo I. “ Salvestro I. “ “ First “Grand” Medici “ Tommaso, Court Chamberlain “ Virginia, daughter of Cosimo I. Montemurlo, battle of Montesicco, Condottiere G.B. da Mugello, valley of

N Neroni, Giovanni Nori, Francesco

O Orsini, Family of “ Alfonsina (see Medici) “ Clarice (see Medici) “ Paolo Giordano, Duke of Bracciano “ Rinaldo, Archbishop “ Roberto “ Troilo Orte Oricellari

P Pandolfini, Agnolo Panciatichi, Carlo Passerini, Cardinal Silvio de’ Paul II., Pope “ III., Pope “ IV., Pope Pazzi, Family of “ Andrea “ Antonio I. “ “ II. “ “ III. “ Constanza “ Francesco “ Giacopo “ Giovanni “ Guglielmo “ Piero “ Renato “ Wronging of the “ “Ordinamenti di Giustizia” and the Pellegrina, daughter of Bianca Cappello Perugino, Giovanni Petrucci, Cesare de’ Philip, King of Spain Pitti, Gianozzo Pius IV., Pope Platonic Academy Poggio a Caiano, Villa of Poliziano, Agnolo Portinari, Beatrice Poviano, Frate Stefano Prato, sack of Pratolino, Villa of Pucci, Giovanni

R Renata, Duchess of Ferrara Riari, Antonio “ Caterina “ Girolamo, Count “ Piero, Cardinal Ricci, Cassandra Riccio, Pierfrancesco Ridolfi, Antonio “ Piero “ Rosso Rome, sack of

S Salviati, Family of “ Francesco, Archbishop “ Giacomo “ Giacopo “ Giacopo di Giacopo “ Maria “ Pietro Sansoni, Raffaele, Cardinal Santa Monica, Convent of San Onofrio, Convent of Savonarola, Frate G. Sforza, Almeni, Cosimo I.‘s secretary “ Caterina “ Galeazzo Maria, Duke of Milan Sixtus IV., Pope Sixtus VI., Pope Soderini, Family of “ Dianora (de’ Tornabuoni) “ Francesco “ Maria “ Niccolo “ Piero “ Tommaso Strozzi, Alessandra (de’ Machingi) “ Filippo “ Roberto Stufa, Agnolo della “ Luigi “ Sismondo

T Tana, Villa della Tasso, Torquato “The Golden Rose” Torello, Lelio Tornabuoni, Giovanni de’ “ Lorenzo de’ “ Lucrezia (see Medici) “ Dianora (see Soderini) Tovallaccino, Michaele Tyrants, families of “Tyrant of Tyrants”

U Urbino, Federigo, Duke of

V Varchi, Benedetto Vespucci, Marco