Christopher - The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici

Mediri-Riccardi, 318

Pazzi, 141, 162

Pazzi-Quaratesi, 321

Pitti, 104, 274; grandiose, 76; the Ducal Palace, 271; Cosimo I dies in, 273; Ferdinando I and, 280; Cosimo II extends, 282; wine sold at, 284; Del Cimento meets at, 284; Ferdinando II extends, 285; Sala della Stufa. 285; the collection of ivories, 286; Marguerite-Louise at, 291; Grand Duke Gian Gastone dies at, 309; Electress Palatine at, 309; historical note on, 328; murals in, 332

Pucci, 315

RuceUai, 29, 76, 315

Salviati, 261, 321

Spini-Ferroni, 314

Strozzi, 168, 323

Toraabuoni, 102

Vecchio ( formerly Palazzo della Signoria, q.v .), 274; the Palleschi at, 257; the Ducal Palace, 269; decoration of the courtyard, 275; laboratory of Duke Francesco in, 278; Ferdinand I’s banquet in, 281; historical note on, 312; the fountain and murals at, 330

Patleschi , 217, 256, 257

Palmieri, Matteo, 28

Panciaticchi, Andrea, 145

Papacy, the, the ‘great schism’, 34; and the Medici bank, 33, 36, 37, 88, 89; and the Eastern Church, 67; Sforza a condottiere for, 81; and the French invasion of Italy, 186; Leo X enjoys, 218; a pro-Medici Sacred College, 235

Papal States, near-anarchy in, 27; Bologna and, 65; alum deposits in, 89; and the French army, 184; Urbino becomes part of, 285

Parentucelli, Tommaso, Bishop of Bologna, later Pope Nicholas V., q.v ., 87, 88

Parigi, Alfonso, 271, 278, 317, 328

Parigi, Giulio, 271, 317, 328

Parma, 219, 222, 237, 238, 247

Parma, Duke of, see Farnese, Ottavio

Parmigianino, prop . Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (1303–40), 300

Pasquini, Bernardo (1637–1710), 300

Passerini, Cardinal Silvio, 248

Patch, Thomas, 325

Patriarch of Constantinople, 65, 66, 110

Pavia, Lazarodi, 173

Pazzi bank, 129, 131

Pazzi Conspiracy, the, 131–42, 158

Pazzi family, their history, 131; after the

Conspiracy, 141, 155; publicly disgraced, 142

Pazzi, Andrea de,’ 131

Pazzi, Bianca, nit Medici, Bianca di Piero de’, 102

Pazzi, Francesco de’, and Pazzi Conspiracy, 131, 132, 135, 137; executed, 140

Pazzi, Gugliclmo, 102, 131, 138, 141

Pazzi, Jacopo di Messer Andrea de’, 131–2, 134, 141

Pazzi, Pazzo de’, 131

Pazzi, Piero di Messer Andrea de’, 131

Pazzi, Renato di Messer Andrea de’, 141, 158

Penni, Gian-Francesco, 240

Pepys, Samuel (1633–1703), on Cosimo 111, 292

Peri,Jacopo(1561’1633), 281, 300

Peruzzi family, 58, 66, 315

Peruzzi, Ridolfo, 55, 57

Petraia, castle of, 280

Petrarch, Francesco Petrarca (1304–74), 227

Petrucci, Alfonso, Cardinal, 217, 232, 233, 234

Petrucci, Borghese, 232

Petrucci, Cesare, 138–9

Philibert, Prince of Orange, see Orange, Prince of

Philiberte of Savoy, Princess, Duchess of Nemours, 219, 223

Philip V, King of Spain (1683–1746), 305

Piacenza, 219, 222, 237, 238, 247

Piccolomini, Aeneas Silvius, later Pope Pius II, q.v ., on Cosimo di Giovanni, 63; on Parentucelli, later Nicholas V, 88

Pico della Mirandola, Count Giovanni (1463–94), 164–5, 174, 181, 185

Pierino da Vinci, 323

Piero della Francesca (c. 1420–92), 332

Pierozzi, Antonio, Archbishop of Florence, 74, 95

Pietro da Cortona, 285

Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 333

Pisa, conquest of, 33, 34; Archbishop of, 130; Lorenzo di Piero and, 169–70; and France, 186, 187; Savonarola greets Charles VIII in, 188; Florence and, 197, 208; School of Botany at, 274; college for scholars at, 279

Pisano, Andrea (c. 1270–1349), 70, 180, 316

Pitti family, 123

Pitti, Luca, his personality, 60; Gonfaloniere , 62; Accoppiatore , 63; and the Medici, 103–4, 105, 106, 123, 328; pardoned, 106; his palace, 271, 328

Plague, in Ferrara, 66; and new doors for the Baptistery, 70; in the Imperial army, 247; in the French forces, 249; in Florence, 250, 283; in Tuscany, 293

Plato, 68, 164

Platonic Academy, 69, 332

Plethon, Giorgios Gemistos ( c . 1355–1450), 68

Poliziano, Angelo, prop . Angelo Ambrogini, (1454–94). his history, 122; on Lorenzo the Magnificent, 122; and Lorenzo the Magnificent, 135, 137, 157, 164, 173–4; and the Pazzi Conspiracy, 137, 138; and the execution of Salviati, 140; tutor to children of Lorenzo the Magnificent, 145, 323; Clarice de’ Medici and, 145, 146; and Savonarola, 181; his papers, 332

Pollaiuolo, Antonio, prop . Antonio di Jacobo Benci, (1429–98), 110, 165, 167, 320

Pollaiuolo, Picro, prop . Piero di Jacobo Benci, (1443–96), 108–9, 168

Pollaiuolo, Simone del, called il Cronaca (1457–1508), 323

Pontormo, Jacopo Carrucci da (1494–1557), 274, 314, 322

Popes,

Adrian VI ( r . 1522–3), 238–9, 240

Alexander V ( r . 1409–10), 34, 35

Alexander VI ( r . 1492–1503), 193, 194, 196–7, 205

Benedict XIII, Antipope at Avignon , 1394–1417, 34

Calixtus III ( r . 1455–8), 86

Clement VII, né Giulio di Giuliano de’ Medici, q.v . ( r . 1523–34), election of, 239; a generous and discriminating patron, 240; his indecision, 240, 244; his foreign policy, 240–1, 242; urges defence of Rome, 243; and Cellini, 246–7; surrenders, 247; escapes, 247; and Henry VIII’s divorce, 247–8; his effigy torn to pieces, 248; and the surrender of Florence, 251; and Alessandro de’ Medici, 251, 254; and Caterina de’ Medici, 252; illness and death of, 252–3; the marriage of his daughter, 255; and the boy Cosimo I, 262; and the Medici Library, 316; Michelangelo and, 318, 327; Raphael and, 326; his tomb, 327

Eugenius IV ( r . 1431–47), succeeds Martin V, 51; and San Giorgio Maggiore, 54; and the Medici, 56; Rinaldo degli Albizzi and, 57; Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 58, 74; and Council of Florence, 64, 66, 67; and Council of Bâle, 64–5; his golden tiara, 70; and completion of the Cathedral dome, 73

Gregory XII ( r . 1406–15), 34, 35, 36

Gregory XIII ( r . 1572–85), 277

Innocent VIII ( r . 1484–92), succeeds Sixtus IV, 160; ‘a rabbit’, 161; and Lorenzo the Magnificent, 161, 182, 202–3; Savonarola and, 182; and Giovanni di Lorenzo, 203

John XXIII né Baldassare Cossa, q.v . Antipope to Popes Benedict XIII and Gregory XII, (1410–15), background and personality, 34; and King of Naples, 35; accusations against, 35–6; last years, 36; his will, 36; Cosimo Pater Patriae and, 39; and Bracciolini, 45; his monument, 71, 75, 98, 316; Giovanni di Bicci and, 87

Julius II ( r . 1503–13), 217, 228; appearance and temperament, 207; his military exploits, 207–8; and Giovanni di Lorenzo, 208; dying, 216; and the Duke of Urbino, 223; and Michelangelo, 229; and Raphael, 229, 332; and the Laocoön, 325

Leo III, 326

Leo IV, 326

Leo X, né Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici, q.v. (r . 1513–21), election of, 217; his appearance, 218; his enjoyment of the papacy, 218, 224; and the House of Medici, 219; his reception in Florence, 220–2, 314, 324; and the Duke of Urbino, 222, 223–4; and Francis I, 222–3; and his brother Giuliano, 223; his extravagance, 224, 227; Vettori on, 224; his dinners, 225–6; his amusements, 226–7, 230–2; his expenditure on Rome, 227–8; a generous patron of writers and scholars, 228; and Michelangelo, 229, 240, 327; makes enemies, 232–3; attempted assassination of, 233–4; creates a pro-Medici Sacred College, 235; and Charles V, 237; and Luther, 237; godfather to Cosimo I, 261; his coat of arms, 315; and the Medici Library, 316; Raphael and, 325, 326