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The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.

Chapter 21: INDEX.
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A detailed historical study of the mid-16th-century conspiracy led by Gianluigi Fieschi and its place in Genoese and Italian politics, reconstructing events from archival sources and comparing Fieschi to classical figures like Catiline. It traces social and political conditions that produced resistance to foreign domination, especially Spanish and imperial influence, examines how Papal and imperial claims undermined Italian liberties, and analyzes why historians have judged the conspirators harshly. The narrative blends political account, analysis of popular struggles, and documentary citation, aims to vindicate the accused by highlighting broader structural forces, and offers source material and critique useful for future historians of Italy.

INDEX.


Abbatelli, the, conspirators in Palermo, 87

Adorno, Antoniotto, retires from the Dogate in 1527, 43;

raised to the Dogate by the Fieschi, 92

——, Barnaba, Lord of Silvano, 94, 165

——, Maddalena, Countess of Silvano, 95

——, Prospero, conquers the Fieschi in 1476, 7

Alba, Duke of, sails with Doria to Spain, 246, 250, 281

Albenga, Jacopo di, distinguished jurist, 195

Alberti, Leandro, quoted, 30, 67, 136, 332

Alcibiades, Fieschi compared to, 66, 127

Alessi, Galeazzo, architect of the church of Carignano, 202

Alexander VI., Pope, 97, 107, 108

—— VII., Pope, 298

Anguissola Giovanni, 236, 237, 239;

his death, 240

Ariosto, Lodovico, praises the verses of Panza, 82

Aristotle taught in Genoa by public lectures, 300

Assereto, Tommaso, co-conspirator of Fieschi, 154, 160, 166, 168, 193, 209, 218;

executed by the government, 220, 223

Balbi, inscription to his infamy, in a rear wall of the Ducal palace, 199

Bandello, Matteo, quoted, 83, 121, 173, 252, 329

Barbarossa, Barbary corsair, 50, 287

Bastelica, Sampiero, Corsican revolutionist, 285, 287-98

Bavaria, princes of, 2, 10

Belcœur, French ambassador in the Grisons, 239

Belmosto, Archbishop of Genoa, 333

Boccanegra, Guglielmo, Captain of the People, 38, 41

——, Maria, 171

——, Simone, first Doge of Genoa, 39

Bona, Duchess, 7

Bonfadio, historian, 25, 66, 91, 92, 93, 113, 126, 156, 177, 207, 234, 299

Boniface IX., pope, 12, 97

Bonnivet, French general, invades Italy, 25

Borgia, Cæsar, intrigues of, 41-2, 106

Borgognino, Scipione, storms the arsenal of Doria, 161, 167

Borganasca, village in the Apennines, craftiness of its people, 336

Bourbon, Constable of, 29

Bourbons, the, 153

Bourgogne, Dukes of, 2

Braccialina, Gentilina, murdered by her husband, 279

Braculli, historian, 82

Brutus, Gianluigi Fieschi compared with, 146

Burlamacchi, Francesco, his revolutionary schemes, 104

Caffaro, first Genoese annalist, 299

Calcagno, Vincenzo, co-conspirator of Fieschi, his origin and character, 116;

at first opposed the conspiracy, 117;

his part in it, 143, 158;

supports the attack on S. Tommaso, 160, 162, 166;

sails with other conspirators to Marseilles, 183;

condemned to banishment, 192;

killed by Spinola after the surrender of Montobbio, 220

Calvi, Annina, touching history of, 252

——, Antonio, 166

Calvin, guest of the Duchess of Ferrara, 309

Cambiaso, Luca, painter, 202, 315

Campanaceo, historian, 25, 169

Campanella, writer and conspirator of Spain, 328, 333, 336

Capello, Bianca, famous courtesan, 329

Capelloni, Lorenzo, historian, 26, 319

Capponi, family of, in Florence, 126, 268

Capuano, Gianluigi, victim of Toledo in Naples, 260

Caracciolo, Giano, Governor-General of Piedmont, 115

Caraffa, an Italian reformer, 27

Cardano, Italian author, 303, 306, 336

Caretto, Marquis of, 16, 325

Carnesecchi, writer of the sixteenth century, 268, 312, 313

Caro, Annibale, author, 132, 137, 236, 237

Casoni, Genoese annalist, 27, 236, 301

Castelvetro, Lodovico, reformer, 309

Castiglione, 269, 270, 312

Catando d’Arimini, friend of Fieschi, 137, 174

Catilini, Fieschi compared with, 17, 23

Cato quoted by Fieschi, 140

Cellini, Benvenuto, artist, 29, 235, 328

Centurione, Prince Adamo, 67;

promises his daughter in marriage to Fieschi, 68, 101, 149, 153, 166, 185, 254, 261

——, Benedetto, 188

——, Gianetta, daughter of Prince Adamo, 67;

espoused to Gianettino Doria, 69

——, Grimaldi Nicoletta, authoress, 84

——, Manfredo, 183, 211

Charlemagne, 35

Charles III. of Savoy, 33

—— V., Emperor, 20;

his election, 24;

great only in the extent of his dominions, 31;

the humiliation of Italy dates from his reign, 36;

his acquisition of Milan, 109, 111, 119, 146, 185, 230, 231, 234, 237, 242, 245, 254, 262, 266, 279, 281, 283, 328

—— IX. of France, 322

Clement V., Pope, 11

—— VI., Pope, 96

—— VII., Pope, 26, 32, 329

—— VIII., Pope, 43, 99, 297

Colonna, Roman patricians, 28, 42

——, Stefano, 206

——, Vittoria, supposed to have been a Protestant, 309

Columbus, Christopher, 39

Conspiracies prevalence of, 36

Conte, Giacobbe, commander of Fieschi’s galleys, 142, 192

Coreggio, Fulvia, Countess of Mirandola, 298

Corsairs, Turkish and Barbary, 282, 283

Cosimo, Duke, 68, 104, 105, 169, 187, 206, 226, 229, 245, 265, 269, 284, 293

Cybo, Cardinal, 74, 187, 250, 264, 265

——, Caterina, Duchess of Camerino, 74, 85, 280

——, Eleonora, her marriage with Count Fieschi, 74, 265;

her literary accomplishments, 85;

her second marriage, 279;

retires to a convent, 280

——, Prince Giulio, 144, 148, 150, 188;

his conspiracy and misfortunes, 263 et seq.

——, Maddalena, received the profit of the sale of indulgences, 23

——, Ricciarda, 74, 264, 265, 266

Dandolo, Francesco, Doge of Venice, 14

Della Casabianca, Giocante, suspects the plot of Fieschi, 153, 318

—— Rovere, Bartolomea, 19

—— Rovere, Francesco Maria, 41, 59

—— Rovere, Maria, mother of Count Fieschi, 20;

masculine vigour of her character, 64, 65;

her last days, 278

—— Torre, Giovanni Battista, his passion for a sister of Fieschi, 121;

attempts violence to gain his end, 122;

killed by the Fieschi, 124

Di Negro, Arcangela, her character and literary accomplishments, 15, 83, 194

Doria, Andrea, 19;

account of his family and services, 38 et seq.;

his desertion of the French standard, 47;

his relations with the Barbary pirates, 50;

his vengeance against the Fieschi, 188;

quenches revolt in Naples, 261;

his death, and estimate of his character, 41, 228, 317

——, Antonio, 59, 197, 226, 230, 261, 277

——, Ceva, 167, 196, 198

——, Domenico, 41, 69, 166, 188, 197, 209, 220, 248

——, Filippino, 43, 44, 59, 169

—— Francesco, 59, 209

—— Cardinal Gerolamo, 65, 166, 178

—— Gianettino, adopted son of Andrea, his early life, 58;

ostentation and insolence, 69;

naval successes, 70-1;

captures the Pope’s vessels in Genoa, 111;

his death, 163

—— Giorgio, 59, 71

—— Giovanni Andrea, 191, 272, 319, 325

—— Lamba, 208

—— Nicolò, 328, 333

—— Pagonio, 277

—— Princess Peretta, 148, 169, 250, 266

—— Tommaso, 128, 222

Dragut (Torghud Rais), Barbary pirate, conquered and taken by Gianettino Doria, 71;

flogged after capture, 73;

released by Andrea Doria, 73, 287;

Genoese bankers lend him the ransom money, 73;

pillages Rapallo, 281

Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, his narrow escape from the pirate Occhiali, 282, 295, 309, 327

Embriaco, Guglielmo, hero of the first crusade, 129

Erasmus, reformer, 260

Farnese, Alessandro, 107, 111

—— Cardinal, 157, 217, 271

—— Clara, mistress of Pope Alexander VI., 107

—— Orazio, 102, 103, 214, 237

—— Ottavio, 109, 212, 231, 239, 267

—— Pierluigi, Duke of Piacenza, 93, 209, 230;

enters into the Fieschi conspiracy, 101;

his disputes with feudatories, 131;

conspiracy instigated against him by Doria, 233;

murdered by Giovanni Anguissola, 237, 263, 275, 337

Ferrara, Cardinal of, 225, 283

Ferrero, Besso, 97, 297

Fieschi, Adriano, Cardinal, 9

—— Angela Caterina, 65, 221

—— Antonio, 96

—— Bardoni, 201

—— Bartolomeo, 77, 78

—— Beatrice, 17, 97

—— Camilla, 65, 278

—— Carlo, 12, 17, 126

—— Claudia, 65;

insulted by Della Torre, 122

—— Cornelio, brother of Gianluigi, 65;

kills Della Torre, 124;

captures the gate of the Archi, 160;

retires into France, 183, 191, 209, 214, 224, 229, 268

—— Danielo, 13, 77

—— Emanuel, 195

—— Ettore, 14, 112, 230, 277

—— Francesco, 13, 112, 316

—— Gerolamo, brother of Gianluigi, 65, 92, 102, 160, 162;

attempts to carry on the revolution, 177;

treats with the Senate, 177;

retires to Montobbio, 183;

defends Montobbio against Genoa, 205;

is executed as a traitor, 220, 223

—— Giacomo, 12, 13, 17, 112

—— Gianluigi, compared with Catilnie, xvii.-xxiii.;

his family, 8, 9, 13, 38;

his character and early life, 19, 65 et seq., 145;

his tragic death, 168;

estimation in which he was held in Italy, 173-5

—— Innocenzo, 97, 112

—— Lorenzo, 201

—— Luca, Cardinal and General, 11, 13

—— Ortensia Lomellina de, poetess, 85

—— Ottobuono, brother of Gianluigi, 65, 80, 101, 132, 143, 160, 162, 181, 183, 189, 209, 216, 224, 229, 268, 277-8, 285;

executed by order of Doria, 287

—— Ottobuono (Pope Hadrian V.), 10, 17

—— Scipione, brother of Gianluigi, 64, 65;

writes to the Senate for pardon, 195, 214, 224, 229;

his litigation against Genoa, 274, 290

—— Sinibaldo, father of Gianluigi, 13, 64, 78

—— Sinibaldo (Pope Innocent IV.), 9, 13

Figuerroa, Gomez Suarez, Spanish minister in Genoa, 149, 152, 165, 197, 226, 243, 276, 318

Finale, Marquises of, 19

Foderato, Nicolò, 115, 120

Foglietta, Oberto, Genoese historian, xxvi., 40, 41, 307, 319, 320

Fornari, Antonio de, 225

—— Francesco de, 296, 318

Forteguerra, Laudomia, Sienese heroine, 286

Francis I. of France, 25, 26, 34, 43, 115, 210, 215, 231

Fregosi, family of, hostile to the Fieschi, 19, 79, 92;

its power in Genoa, 39;

driven from power by the Adorni, 42

Fregoso, Aurelio, 285, 287

—— Cesare, 19, 43, 62, 83, 91, 208

—— Cornelio, 293

—— Frederico, 49, 311

—— Galeazzo, 322

—— Giano, Doge, 92

—— Ottaviano, 19, 49, 80, 276, 320

—— Pietro, 208

Gad Ali, Barbary pirate, 42

Gianotti, Donato, 88, 268

Giovio, Paolo, 79, 80, 328

Giustiniani, family of the, 75, 129, 257

—— historian of Genoa, 2, 137

—— Ansaldo, 178

—— Fabrizio, 44, 46

—— Giovanni Battista, 157, 193

Gonzaga, Cagnino, 62, 98, 115, 152

—— Ferrante, Spanish governor of Lombardy, 132, 140, 169, 187, 197, 198, 206, 212, 216, 230, 237, 238, 240, 245, 266, 321