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Bessarion, Johannes, Archbishop of Nicaea (c.1395–1472), 67, 68

Bicci, Neri di, 320

Bisricci, Vespasiano da, 165; and Cosimo Pater Patrice , 39, 73, 74; on Cosimo Paler Patriae , 60, 97–8; and Council of Florence, 66; his tomb, 313

Boboli Gardens, origin of the name, 271; Cosimo I and, 274; Ferdinando I and, 280; Il Mondo Festeggianle in, 289, 328; Ruspanti in, 308; historical note on, 328; Perseus and the Dragon , 330

Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–75), 278

Bogoli family, 271

Bologna, excommunication of, 45; rumours of plots in, 65; Medici office in, 87; Bishop of, 87; Savonarola a novice in, 179; taken and retaken, 207, 208; Cardinal Giovanni di Lorenzo in, 209; French forces withdraw from, 209; Leo X and Francis I in, 222

Borgia, Cam (1476–1507), 193, 201

Borgia, Roderigo, Cardinal, later Alexander VI, Pope, q.v . 203, 205

Borromeo, Giovanni, 132

Botticelli, Sandro, prop . Alessandro Filipepi (1444–1510), 165, 168; his works, 109–10, 166, 167, 315, 320, 322, 323, 331; designs Giuliano di Piero’s standard, 122; and the Pazzi conspirators, 142; and Lorenzo the Magnificent, 167; cost of his work, 169; and Savonarola, 181; his pictures burned, 192; and the tragedy of Florence, 325; and Michelangelo’s David , 326

Bourbon, Charles, Duke of (1490–1527), 242–3, 344

Bracdolini, Jacopo di Poggio, 136, 139–40

Bracdolini, Poggio, 44, 45–6, 136

Bramante, prop . Donato d’Angelo Lazzari (1444–1514), 228, 229

Bravo, Cecco, 332

Bronzino, Agnolo (1502–72), 274

Brosses, Charles de, 310

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 321

Bninelleschi, Filippo (1377–1446), and bronze doors for the Baptistery, 70; Giovanni di Bicci commissions, 71; and basilica of San Lorenzo, 71–2, 317; and the Cathedral dome, 72, 313; Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 75; Donatello and, 90; and the Pazzi chapel, 131; and the Rotonda di Santa Maria Angeli, 314; and the Ospedale degli Innocenti, 316; and Santo Spirito, 323

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 Trinitá, 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

Cacdni, Giulio(1550-1618), 281, 328

Cacdni, Giovanni, 315, 319

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, set Medici, Bianca de’

Capponi family, 316

Capponi, Francesco, 251

Capponi, Neri, 52, 61, 82

Capponi, Piero de Gino, 190–1

Carafa, Diomede, 153–4

Carbonc, Lodovico, 96

Cardi, Lodovico, called Cigoli (1559–1613), 324

Cardona, Raymond de, 211, 212, 213, 220

Carnivals, see Festivals

Castagno, Andrea del, 320

Castellesi, Adriano, Cardinal, 233, 234, 238

Catherine de’ Medici, Queen of France, see Medici Caterina di Lorenzo de’ (1519–89)

Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (1485–1536), 247, 248

Catherine of Siena, St (1347–80), 172, 278

Cattaneo, Simonetta, see Vespucci, Simonctta

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

Cibò, Maddalena, née Maddalena di Lorenzo de’ Medici, 162, 203, 205

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 98

Cimtnlo, 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 Gonfatoniere , 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 Pompeo, 235, 238, 239, 241, 326

Commines, Philippe de (1445–1509), 89, 149, 150, 151, 186

Compagnacci , 197, 199

Condotlieri , and early Renaissance warfare, 194; and Pisan-Florcntinc 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

Sarueverino, Roberto da, 117

Sforza, Francesco, see separate entry

Trivulzio, Gian Giacomo, 149

Urbinp, Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of, see separate entry

Constantinople, 64, 85

Copernicus, prop . Nicolaus Koppemigk (1473–1543), 240, 280

Cornaro, Cardinal, 225, 231

Corsini, Filippo, 118