INDEX.
A.
Abbioso, Bishop, his courtiership, 329
Academies, tendency of, in Italy, 398
Agricola, theologian, draws up the Interim, 135
Albert of Brandenburg, 171
throws himself into Schweinfurth, 172
is driven out of Schweinfurth, 176
Aldobrandini, Cardinal, dedicated works to Isabella Andreini, 212
Alexander VII. elected, 362
his replies to Olympia's advances, 363
banishes Olympia to Orvieto, 364
Alphonso I. Duke of Ferrara, 37
rides through Ferrara at the Beffana, 45
stolen visit to his bride, 47
his difficulties with the church, 50
Alternatives for an old lady, 21
Aminta of Tasso, 218
Andreini, Isabella, her birth, 205
contemporary with Shakspeare, 206
her titles, 210
goes to France, 211
medal struck in her honour, ib.
anagrams on her name, 212
praises of, by her contemporaries, ib.
her irreproachable character, 214
her death and epitaph, ib.
her "Mirtilla," 216
her letters, ib.
her dialogues, 217
no account of her characters, 218
Andreini, Francesco, Isabella's husband, 213
Andreini Giovanni Batista, Isabella's son, 211
Angelio of Bargo, Astrologer, 28
Anna d'Este, her birth,77
Calcagnini's letter to her, 78
Curione's praises of her, ib.
her affection for Olympia Morata, 89
her marriage, 109
Antonio de' Medici, birth of, 264
Arcadia and the Arcadians, 399
nicknames, 404
falsehood in the matter of Corilla's crowning, 406
Assassinations, common in Florence, 225, 236
Augsburg in the sixteenth century, 143
Avvogaria, register of, obliteration in, 221
B.
Bâle, Olympia would willingly settle at, 155
Baker, anecdote of, about B. Cappello, 223
Barbara, Olympia Morata's maid, 163
Bayle, his remark on Isabella Andreini's epitaph, 215
"Beffana," curious custom, 44
Belvidere, near Ferrara, gardens of, 94
Bembo, anecdote of, 61
his character, 105
Olympia Morata's epitaph on him, 106
Bianca Cappello, early character, 223
her journey to Florence, 224
confined to her husband's house in Florence, 225
her personal appearance, 226
receives promise of marriage from Francesco, 234
probably cognisant of her husband's murder, 236
her character, 241
balances her accounts, 257
fictitious autobiography of, 258
her magical practices, 261
plot to impose a false heir on the Duke, 262
her fears, 264
progress in crime, 266
real nature of her witchery, 268
her bold step with Francesco, ib.
goes into retirement, 273
her ascendancy over the Duke, ib.
entertains the Court in the Oricellari gardens, 276
suborns Francesco's confessor, 290
her reception at Bologna, 291
her marriage with Francesco, 292
her coronation as daughter of St. Mark, 299
becomes reconciled to the Cardinal, 304
her claims respecting her daughtership of St. Mark, 311
her repeated pregnancies, 313
her unhappy life at Pratolino, 316
her family feeling, 318
at Cerveto, 320
declares herself again with child, 322
her interview with Pietro, 325
her pregnancy again comes to nothing, 329
her death, 332
different theories respecting it, 333, et seq.
post–mortem examination, 338
grounds of Ferdinando's hatred for her, 342
her burial, 343
pasquinades on her, 344
Boccaccio, Tullia's opinion of his works, 24
Olympia Morata's translation from, 103
Bodoni's volume on Corilla's coronation, 403
Bolsec, Jerome, 111
his disputes with Calvin, 112
Bonaventuri, Pietro, his condemnation, 221
deceives Bianca, 224
receives an appointment at Court, 233
lover of Cassandra Ricci, 235
murdered in the streets of Florence, 236
Books, high value of, in the sixteenth century 160
Borso, Duke of Ferrara, 34
C.
Cafaggiuolo, villa of, 255
Calcagnini, Celio, 56
his message to Olympia Morata, 62.
Calvin at Ferrara, 72
turned out from Ferrara, 75
prosecutes Jerome Bolsec, 112
Cappello palace, situation of, 222
Caraffa, Cardinal, 80
Casino, importance of, in Italian domestic economy, 229
Catherine de' Medici, her severe answer to Francesco, 309
Catherine II. of Russia, invites Corilla, 401
Cerreto, Ducal Villa, 320
Classical studies, female, in sixteenth century, 2, et seq.
Clement VII., Pope, his dealings with the Duke of Ferrara, 51, et seq.
Collar, Duke Borso's golden, 34
Columbano, Princess, takes La Corilla to Naples, 396
Comedy, Italian, in the sixteenth century, 208
Corilla, La, her real name and birth, 395
drives a thriving trade, 399
employed by Maria Theresa, 401
invited by Catherine of Russia, 401
by Joseph II., 402
enters Arcady, 403
proposals for her crowning, 405
the difficulty in the way, ib.
subjects in which she was examined, 408
her examination, 409, et seq.
her coronation, 113
pasquinades on her retirement to Florence and death, 416
Cosmo I., sonnet to, 15
Cosmo de' Medici, court of, 227
Cosmo I. of Florence, founds the Florentine academy, 398
Creeds, affairs of head not heart, 122
Curione, Celio, 56
first acquaintance with Morato, 65
his adventures, ib.
conversations with Morato, 66
visit to Ferrara, 69
his letter to Olympia's mother, 140
encourages Olympia in her classical studies, 147
D.
Dante's obligations to Guerrino il Meschino, 22
Death, the desire for, 194
Demimonde and Monde in sixteenth century, 16
Dialogue on Love, Tullia's, 27
Diction, over–attention to, in Italy, 83
Dominicans, church of, at Bologna, 366
Domenichi Ludovico, 17
Donati, Maria, B. Cappello's servant, 222
Drama, Italian literature weak in, 206
E.
Eleonora di Teledo, patronises Tullia, 28
her death, 228
Eleonora di Garzia, 240
her murder, 255
Emilio, Olympia's brother accompanies her to Italy, 141
falls out of window, 150
his death, 198
Erbach, counts of, 178
receive Olympia, 179
their mode of life, 180
F.
Family feeling in Italy, 317
Famine in Ferrara, 49
Ferdinando de' Medici, Cardinal, 237
his causes of discontent, 245
his knowledge of all that passed at Florence, 246
receives the confession of the woman who managed the introduction of Don Antonio, 266
his indignation, 267
his change of conduct after the death of the Duchess Giovanna, 287
goes to Florence in 1579, 293
his anger at leaving his brother's marriage, 294
his pecuniary difficulties, 304
his reconciliation with Bianca, 305
his misgivings respecting Bianca's intentions, 319, et seq.
again in Florence, 326
refuses his brother's invitation, 328
visits Francesco for the Villeggiatura, 330
suspected of poisoning Francesco and Bianca, 334, 337, et seq.
his conduct after the death of his brother, 341
his probable motives, ib.
succeeds peaceably to his brother, 345
Fernandez, Fernando, La Corilla's husband, 396
Festivities at Lucrezia Borgia's marriage, 44, 48
Filippo, son of Giovanna, his death, 312
Flach, M. invited by Olympia to translate some of Luther's works into Italian, 158
"Flourishing;" what is the period of a lady's, 20
Forca, via della, in Florence, Corilla's home, 393
Francesco de' Medici, 236
his character, 238
his court, 242
his character, ib.
his temper, 243
his wealth, 244
his interview with Orsini, 247
easily duped by Bianca's trick, 264
becomes an accomplice in introducing a false heir, 270
in the Oricellari gardens, 281
feelings on the death of his wife, 284
his wishes and fears to marry Bianca, 285
his discontent with the court of France, 288
sends poison and assassins into France, 289
consults the church with reference to his marriage with Bianca, 290
marries Bianca, 292
his munificence to them, 303
his troubles about his title, 306
why he showed no grief at his son's death, 312
his life at Pratolino, 315
his cruelty to Camilla de' Martelli, 321
his suspicions and strange conduct, 327
invites the Cardinal to Florence, 328
his death, 332
different theories respecting it, 333, et seq.
his illness, 335
circumstances attending his death, 340
Frari at Venice, Archives, 220
Fugger family, 143
ridiculous blunder respecting their name, 144
their residence, ib.
G.
Gallerati, Dr., his prescriptions for E. Sirani, 381
his opinion on her death, 382
Gelli, Giambatista, his comedy of the "Sporta,"210
German cities refuse to accept the Interim, 136
Gibbon, on Lucrezia Borgia, 40
Ginori, Lorenzo, pays the cost of Corilla's crowning, 406
Giovanni de' Medici, his embassy to Venice, 297
Giraldi, G. Gregorio, 56
his verses to Olympia Morata, 88
Giulia of Ferrara, 7
Gloucester, Duke of, present at Corilla's crowning, 410
Grünthler, Andreas, 124
his wooing, 125
marriage, 126
returns to Germany, 127
his prospects in Germany, 133
prolonged absence from his wife, 138
returns to bring his wife to Germany, 139
attends Hermann in his illness, 147
settles at Schweinfurth, 151
rejects appointment offered at Lintz, 166
struck down by pestilence in Schweinfurth, 173
obtains a chair at Heidelberg, 181
obliged to borrow money, 19
in the pestilence at Heidelberg, 196
his death, 198
Guarini, Alexander, 56
Guerrazzi, his dialogue between Francesco and his brother Pietro de' Medici, 250
Guerrino el Meschino, origin of, 23
H.
Hammelburg, Olympia's escape to, 177
Heidelberg, in the sixteenth century, 186
pestilence breaks out in, 196
Hercules I., Duke of Ferrara, 35
his reply to Venice, 36
his piety, 37
his death, 49
resists the Pope, 147
Hercules II., of Ferrara, his dealings with the church, 73
his unwillingness to receive Paul III., 93
Hermann, George, of Augsburg, 138
Hirschhorn, evening in the inn at, 182
History, happy times have little, 168
the makers of, ib.
Hubert, Thomas, of Liège, 138
Humidi, academy of, 15
Hydrostatic difficulties of the Duke of Ferrara, 97
disputes arising from, 98, et seq.
I.
Improvisation, talents needful for, 400
tendencies of, 401
Indulgence to Ferrara, 48
Innocent X., Pope, 351
his early preferments, 352
election to the papacy, 353
his death, 360
Innspruck, Charles V. in winter quarters at, 169
Interim, the, 135
Isabella Orsini, 228
her character, 241
her death, 248
judgment of history on her, 249
Italy loses her pre–eminence of civilisation, 123
Italian nature, dramatic, 206
J.
Joan of Austria, marriage with Francesco de' Medici, 231
her unhappy position, 237, 241, 271
her extravagance, 272
has a son, ib.
her death, 282
Joan, Pope, story of, 346
Julius II., Pope, designs on Ferrara, 50
Julius III., Pope, 114
L.
Ladies, learned, their number in the sixteenth century, 1
Lavinia della Rovere, her friendship with Olympia Morata, 101
her religious inquiries and indifferentism, 102
visits Fannio in his prison, 116
her faithful friendship, 120
not happy, 132
Leo X., Pope, his designs on Ferrara, 50
Letters, difficulty of sending from Germany to Italy, 156
L'Humore of Bologna, anecdote of, 17
Lintz, Chair of Medicine there offered to Grünthler, 165
Literature, safe, princes who patronise, 397
Lucia Tolomelli, the maid in the Sirani family, 374
her troubles with her mistress, 375
her escapade with the tinker, 376
imprisoned in the poor–house, 377
her fairings, ib.
suspected of poisoning E. Sirani, 383
grounds of suspicion, 384
claimed by the church, 385
her second arrest and examination, ib.
her defence, 386
her exile, 387
Lucrezia Borgia, her marriage, 37, 42
her previous character, 38
defended by Roscoe, 39
moral phenomenon, 41
entry into Ferrara, 46
evening of her life and death, 51
contrasted with Duchess Renée, 59
M.
Macchiavelli, his comedy "Mandragola,"210
Malvasia, his history of E. Sirani, 391
Marco, St. Piazza of, in Florence, 225
Casino di, 229
Marot, Clement, at Ferrara, 75
his lines on Duchess Renée, 76
comes out of her convent–prison, 321
Martinetti, his history, 335
Material prosperity disclaimed as an object by Catholic writers, 30
Mattaselani, Dr., his evidence respecting E. Sirani's death, 387
Maurice, Elector of Saxony, 170
Medici family, domestic tragedy, 227
Michiel, Giovanni, envoy from Venice to Florence, 297
Mondragone, Marchesa, arranges meeting of Francesco and Bianca, 229, 230
Montaigne, his description of Bianca Cappello, 226
Morata, Olympia, her birth, 55-60
early promise and beauty, 62
first seeds of Protestant doctrine, 67
her acquirements at thirteen years old, 70
flattered by all Ferrara, 71
becomes an inmate of the Court, 79
her delight at her new position, 82
her earliest compositions, 83
her lecturing at sixteen, 84
specimen of her elocution, 86
verses to her from Giraldi, 88
her Greek verses, 90
her female friendships, 100
early religious indifferentism, and subsequent strong convictions, 103, 107
translations from Boccaccio, 103
her Greek epitaph on Cardinal Bembo, 106
at her father's death–bed, 109
dismissed from the palace, 110
visits Fannio in his prison, 116
commencement of religious convictions, 117
changed circumstances, 119
her lines on virginity, ib.
letter to Curione on her time of disgrace, 120
commencement of regeneration, 122
her love, 126
her marriage, ib.
separated from her husband, 127
her letter to her husband, 128
detention of her dresses by the Court, 130
dialogue with Lavinia della Rovere, 132
finally leaves Italy, 139
her journey across the Alps, 141
her letter to Giraldi, 146
misgivings as to her classical studies, ib.
Curione encourages her, 147
her stay with Hermann, ib.
urges Lavinia della Rovere to save Fannio, 148
her stay with John Sinapi, 149
her ideas of a special providence, 150, 174
settles at Schweinfurth, 151
her real name questioned, 152
is an interesting character both to the religionist and the moralist, ib.
letter to Curione, 155
sends money to her mother, 156
letter to Lavinia della Rovere, 157
moderation of her Calvinism, ib.
her dialogue between Philotima and Theophila, 159
receives her books from Italy, 160
receives Theodora Sinapi, 161
lectures a backsliding divine, 165
tends her husband in his sickness, 174
her letter during the siege to Lavinia della Rovere, 174
letter to her sister describing her flight from Schweinfurth, 176
miserable journey to Erbach, 178
her health destroyed, 179
at Hirschhorn, 183
is offered a chair of Greek at Heidelberg, 184
receives letter and books from Curione, 187
ignorance of German, 190
declines to be at the Court of the Electress of Heidelberg, 192
receives Theodora Sinapi at Heidelberg, 192
theology of her letters, 193
her desire for death, 194
her last letter to Curione, 196
her last moments, 197
her epitaph, 198
her European reputation, 199
the basis of it, 200
value of her story to us, 203
Morato, Peregrino, fixes himself at Ferrara, 55
his Protestantism, 60
his criticism on Bembo, 61
his exile, 63
his training of his daughter, 64
his difficulties, ib.
returns to Ferrara, 70
appointed tutor to the Duke's sons, ib.
his instructions to his daughter, 85
his illness and death, 108
O.
Ori, Matthew, inquisitor, 113
"Oricellari Orti," their history, 274
given to Bianca Cappello, 275
a night's amusement there, 276
P.
Paganism of Italian society in the sixteenth century, 3
Palazzo Vecchio at Florence, chapel in, 292
Pallavicini, Princess, La Corilla's patroness, 395
Pamfili, Camillo, created cardinal, 353
his gross ignorance, 354
his marriage, 356
succeeds to his mother's wealth, 364
Pamfili, G. Batista, Olympia's husband, 348
Pamfili, Olympia, her birth, 348
her marriage, ib.
her ambitious plans, 349
her avarice, 354
her venality, 355
banished from the Vatican, 358 returns, ib.
her mode of life in the Vatican, 359
her last simoniacal bargain, 360
her plans after the death of Innocent, 361
makes advances to Alexander VII., 363
banished from Rome, 364
her death, ib.
Pavia, Curione at, 68
Pedagogues lay, a new social feature in the sixteenth century, 54
their social position, 64
Pellegrina, Bianca's daughter, birth of, 232
Persecution increases, 195
Pestilence in Ferrara, 49
Petrarch, crowned at the Capitol, 394
Philip II. of Spain, odious to the German electors, 169
informed of Francesco's marriage with Bianca, 294
approves of the murder of Donna Eleonora de' Medici, 256
godfather to the Duchess Giovanna's son, 273
Phœnix burning in Ferrara, 51
Picchena, Curzio, envoy employed by Francesco de' Medici as a poisoner, 289
Pietro de' Medici, 228
his character, 239
his marriage, 240
urged to re–marry, 319
stays at Florence to watch Bianca, 321
his letter to the Cardinal, 322
ill–treated by the Duke, 324
his interview with Bianca, 325
his report of it to the Cardinal, 326
Po, river, difficulties connected with, 97
Poetesses, Tiraboschi's list of, 1
Poggio–a–Caiano, ducal villa, 321
the Duke's death there, 332
Bianca's death there, ib.
Pratolino, Ducal villa, 314
Progress, moral, proofs of, 42
Psalms translated into Greek by Olympia, and set to music by Grünthler, 164
Publishers, eminent, send presents of books to Olympia, 187
Puteano, Ericio, his inscription on Isabella Andreini, 211
R.
Rabelais on the Fuggers, 143
Renée of France, her marriage with Hercules II., 57
her person and character, 58
her Protestantism, 59
theological difficulties with her husband, 72
secret reception of Calvin, 72
scene in her closet, 74
in durance, 81
Reno river, difficulties connected with, 98
Respectability, prized by Italians, 238
Riario family is founded, 166
present family, ancestor of, 173
Ricci, Bartolomeo, 56
Ricci, Cassandra de, her murder, 236
Roman history, society, means of rising in, 349
Rosaria, Princess, Camillo Pamfili's wife, 357
Rosarias, Andreas, poor schoolmaster out of employ, 193
Roscoe's defence of Lucrezia Borgia, 39
Rudolph, the Emperor, his reply to the Italian Princes, 310
S.
Salviati, Maria, sonnet to, 16
Savoy, Duke of, his claim to pre–eminence over other Italian princes, 309
Scandal in Europe, caused by Olympia Pamfili, 357
Scenery, appreciation of, a modern sentiment, 142
Schweinfurth, Olympia finds a home at, 151
its condition in the sixteenth century, 154
idea of Olympia's home in, 162
siege of, 172
pestilence in, 173
destruction of the city, 176
Serene, title of, squabbles about, 307
Servants, Olympia's troubles with, 188
Sinapi, Chilian, 56
Sinapi, John, 56
letter from, 88
Olympia's letters to, 131
settled at Würzburg, 149
receives Olympia in his house, ib.
death of his wife, 166
sends Olympia a volume recovered from the sack of Schweinfurth, 186
his letter to Olympia, 187
Sirani, Elisabetta, her artistic merits, 367
story of her death, 368
her home in Bologna, 369
her catalogue of her works, 370
her rapidity of execution, 371
paints before Cosmo of Tuscany, ib.
before the Duchess of Brunswick, 372
her disposal of her earnings, 373
frugal life, ib.
falls into ill–health, 379
her death, 380
mourning in Bologna for her death, 380
her personal appearance, 391
Sirani, G. Andrea, Elisabetta's father, 369
his conduct to Lucia Tolomelli, 377
withdraws his accusation against Lucia, 387
Sirani, Anna Maria, Elisabetta's sister, 369
Sirani, Barbara, Elisabetta's sister, 369
is ill with fever, 379
Sirani, Margherita, Elisabetta's mother, 375
Soderini, Giovanni Vettorio, his extraordinary letter, 336
Strozzi, Filippo, his character, 11
his connection with Tullia d'Aragona, 12
Strozzi, Matteo, envoy to Venice, 295
Squadrone volante, in the Conclave, 362
T.
Tagliavia, Peter, at Trent, 5
his reminiscences, 6
educates his daughter, 8
Tasso crowned at the Capitol, 394
Terence, Adelphi of, performed before Paul III. at Ferrara, 95
Theodore, daughter of John Sinapi, a pupil of Olympia, 161
Theology, Olympia's, 193
Theriaca medicine, 380
Tiepolo, Antonio, envoy from Venice to Florence, 297
Tiraboschi, his notion of comedy, 208
Torelli, Lelio, his murder, 247
Toselli, Mazzoni, his pamphlet on E. Sirani, 369
Tragedy, Italian, in the sixteenth century, 207
Treuthuger, the schoolmaster at Hirschhorn, 183
Troilo, Orsini, 247
Tullia d'Aragona, her birth, and early talents, 8
difficulties of dates respecting her, 10
her beauty, 14
her husband, 15
scene at her house, 17
leaves Rome, 18
specimen of her poetry, 19
quits "La Bohème," 22
her translation of Guerrino el Meschino, ib.
her opinion of Boccaccio, 24
her propriety, 25
her Dialogue on the Infinity of Love, 26
her death, 28
V.
Varchi, Bened., a personage in Tullia's "Dialogo,"26
Venetian senate, their conduct on hearing the Duke's marriage with Bianca Cappello, 295
their reply to Bianca's remonstrances, 311
Villach, Charles V. at, 170
Villeggiatura, Italian habit of, 330
THE END.
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.