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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 Fiorc, Cathedral of

Edward III, King of England (1312–77), 39

Edward IV, King of England (1442–83), 158

Eleonora, Princess of Naples, 121

Eieonora 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’, 324

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 forebears 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

Fern, 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 Naples, 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; Scoppiv del Carro , 321–2

Fetti, Fra Mariano, 226, 231

Fiamingo, Niccolò, 274

Ficino, Marsilio (1433–99), Cosimo Paler Patriot 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 Patriot 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 Paler Potrioe on, 73; Cosimo Pater Patriot 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 die 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; organization 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 1, 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; Giambo-logna’s bronzes in, 323, 329; bust of Cosimo I in, 327

Borgo degli Albizzi, 321

BorgoPinti, 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

Lungami, 282

Lungarno Acciaiuoli, 314

Lungarno Corsini, 314, 325–5

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, Parlamcnto 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