A.
Academies, educational, 281.
Adrian VI., Pope, 121;
satires against, 162-164.
‘Africa,’ the, of Petrarch, 258.
Aguello of Pisa, 11.
Alberto da Sarteano, 467.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 136-138.
Albertinus, Musattus, fame of, 140-141.
Alboronoz, 102.
Alchemy, 539, 540.
Alexander VI., Pope, 109-117;
death of, 117.
Alfonso I., 49.
Alfonso of Ferrara, 99.
Alfonso the Great of Naples, 35, 95, 459-461;
contempt for astrology, 513;
enthusiasm for antiquity, 225-227, 228.
Alighieri Dante.—See Dante.
Allegorical representations, 415.
Allegory, age of, 408-410;
superiority of Italian, 410-411.
Amiens, treaty of, 123.
‘Amorosá Visione,’ the, of Boccaccio, 324.
Antiquity, importance of, Dante on, 204-205;
reproduction of, 230-242.
Anti-Trinitarians, 549.
Apollo Belvedere, discovery of the, 184.
Aquinas, St. Thomas, 6, 7, 60.
Arabic, study of, 200-202.
Aragonese Dynasty, 16, 35.
Aretino, Pietro, the railer, 164-168;
father of modern journalism, 165.
Ariosto, 134;
and the Humanists, 273;
his artistic aim in epic, 326;
his picture of Roman society, 185;
‘Orlando Furioso,’ the, of, 325, 326, 327;
position as a Dramatist, 320;
style, 306;
satire on sorcery, 535-536.
Arlotto (jester), 156.
Army list, Venetian, 67.
‘Asolani,’ the, of Bembo, 243.
Assassination, paid, 450, 457.
Assassins in Rome, 109.
Astrology, belief in, 507-518;
protest against, 515.
Auguries, belief in, 520, 521.
Authors, the old, 187-202.
Autobiography in Italy, 332, 333.

B.
Bacchus and Ariadne, song of, by Lorenzo de Medici, 427-428.
Baglioni of Perugia, the, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32;
and the Oddi, disputes between, 29.
Bandello, as novelist, 306;
on infidelity, 443-444;
style of writing, 382.
Baraballe, comic procession of, 158.
Bassano, Jacopo, rustic paintings of, 354.
Belief, general disintegration of, 541-550.
Bembo, Pietro, 231;
epigrams of, 267;
his ‘Historia rerum Venetarum,’ 248;
letters of, 233;
the ‘Sacra’ of, 259.
Benedictines, the, 463.
Bernabö, boar hounds of, 13.
Bernadino da Siena, 235, 467, 469.
Bessarion, Cardinal, his collection of Greek MSS., 189.
Biblical criticism, 501.
Biographies, Collective, 330 sqq.
Biography, 328-337;
comparative, art of, 329.
Blondus of Forli, historical writings of, 245, 246.
Boar-hounds of Bernabö, 13.
Boccaccio, 151;
life of Dante, 329;
master of personal description, 344;
on ‘tyranny,’ 56;
representative of antiquity, 205;
sonnets of, 314.
Bojardo, as epic poet, 325;
inventiveness of, 324;
style of, 306.
Borgias, the crimes of the, 109-117.
Borgia, Cæsar, 109-117;
death of, 117.
Borso of Este, 49, 50, 51;
created duke of Modena and Reggio, 19;
welcome of, to Reggio, 417, 418.
Boscoli, Pierpaolo, death of, 542-543.
Botanical Gardens, 292.
Brigandage, 449-450.
Burchiello as Comedian, 320.

C.
Calumny at Papal Court, 161.
Calvi Fabio, of Ravenna, 278-279.
Cambray, League of, 68, 89.
Can Grande della Scala, Court of, 9.
Canzone, the, 310.
‘Canzone Zingaresca,’ of Politian, 354.
Capistrano, Giovanni, 467.
‘Capitolo,’ the, 162-163.
Cardano, Girolamo, of Milan, autobiography of, 334.
Caricaturists, 159.
‘Carmina Burana,’ the, 173.
Carnival, the, 407, 425-427.
Castiglione, 388.
Catalogues of Libraries, 190, 191.
Cathedral, Milan, founding of, 14.
Catilinarians, the, 105.
Catullus, as model, 264-265.
Cellini, Benvenuto, autobiography of, 333-334.
Celso, Caterina di San, 400.
Certosa, Convent of, founding of, 13.
Charles V., Emperor, action of, 123, 124.
Charles IV., Emperor, 17, 18.
Charles VIII. in Italy, 89, 90;
entry into Italy, 413.
Children, naming of, 250-251.
Chroniclers, Italian, 245;
Florentine, condemn astrology, 515.
Church dignities, not bestowed according to pedigree, 360;
the corruption of, 456;
held in contempt, 457-458;
regeneration of, 125;
secularization of, proposed by Emperor Charles V., 123;
spirit of reform in, 123.
Cicero, taken as model for style, 253-54.
Ciceronianism and revival of Vitruvius, analogy between, 256.
Ciriaco of Ancona, an antiquarian, 181.
Class distinction ignored, 359-368.
Clement VII., Pope, detested, 122;
flight of, 123;
temperament of, 309.
Cleopatra, the discovery of, 184.
Clubs, political, 387.
Colonna, Giovanne, 177-178;
Giulia Gonzaga, 385;
Vittoria, 386, 446.
‘Commedia dell’Arte,’ 320, 321.
Commentaries, the, of Pius II., 333.
Composition, Latin, history of, 252-253.
Condottieri, the, despotisms founded by, 22, 23, 24.
Convent of Certosa of Pavia, founding of, 13.
Cornaro, Luigi, Autobiography of, 335-337;
Vita Sobria of, 244.
Corpse of girl, discovery of, 183.
Corpus Christi, feast of, celebration of, 414.
Corruption in Papacy, 106, 107.
‘Cortigiano,’ the, by Castiglione, 381, 388, 446.
Cosmetics, use of, 373-374.
Council of Ten, 66.
Country life, descriptions of, 306;
love of, 404-405.
Crime, for its own sake, 453-454;
prevalence of, among priests, 448-449.
Criticism, Biblical, 501.
Crusades, the, 485-486;
influence of, 285.
Culture, general Latinization of, 249-256.
‘Curiale,’ the, 378.
Cybò, Franceschetto, 108-109;
as gambler, 436.

D.
Daemons, belief in, 521-524, 531.
Dagger, use of the, 452.
Dante, Alighieri, 75, 76, 83, 130, 133, 135;
as advocate of antiquity, 204-205;
satirist, 155;
belief in freedom of the will, 498;
burial place of, 143;
desire for fame, his, 139;
influence of, 324;
influence of nature shown in works, 299;
life of, by Boccaccio, 329;
on Epicureanism, 496-497;
the Italian language, 378-379;
nobility, 360-361;
view of the sonnet, 312;
‘Vita Nuova’ of, 333.
Decadence of oratory, 241, 242.
‘Decades,’ the, of Sabellico, 248.
‘Decameron,’ the, 459.
‘De Genealogia Deorum,’ 205-207.
Demeanour of individuals, 369.
Descriptions of life in movement, 348-355.
Description of nations and cities, 338-342;
outward man, 343-347.
Difference of birth, loss of significance of, 354.
Dignities, Church, not bestowed according to pedigree, 360.
‘Discorsi,’ the, of Macchiavelli, 458.
Domestic comfort, 376-377;
economy, 132, 402-405.
Dress, importance attached to, 369-370;
regulations relating to, 370-371.

E.
Ecloques of Battista Mantovano, 352, 479.
Economy, domestic, 132, 402-405.
Education, equal, of sexes, 396;
private, 135.
Emperor Charles IV., 17;
submission to the Pope, 18;
Frederick II., 5-7, 69;
III., 19;
Sigismund, 18, 19.
Epicureanism, 496.
Epigram, 264, 267, 268, 269, 270.
Epigraph, the, 268, 269.
Equalization of classes, 359-368.
Erasmus, 254.
Ercole I., Duke of Ferrara, 487-489.
Este, House of, government of the, 46, 48;
Isabella of, 43, 44;
novels relating to, 51, 52, 53;
popular feeling towards, 49, 50.
Van Eyck, Hubert, 302, 303;
Johann, 302, 303.
Ezzelino da Romano, 6, 7.

F.
Fame, modern idea of, 139-153;
thirst for, evils of, 152-153.
Federigo of Urbino, 99.
Feltre, Vittorino da, 213-214.
Female beauty, Firenzuola on, 345-347.
Ferrante of Naples, 36, 37, 459-461.
Ferrara, flourishing state of, 47;
sale of public offices at, 47, 48.
Festivals, 406-428;
full development of, 407;
higher phase in life of people, 406.
Fire-arms, adoption of, 98-99.
Firenzuola on female beauty, 345-347.
Flagellants, the, 485-486.
Flogging, 403.
Florence, 61-87;
general statistics of, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80;
home of scandal-mongers, 161;
life more secure in, 440-451;
and Venice, birthplaces of science of statistics, 69-72.
Florentines, the, as perfectors of festivals, 408.
Foscari, Francesco, torture of, 66.
France, changed attitude of, 91, 92.
Frederick II., Emperor, 5-7, 69;
III., 19.
Frederick of Urbino, learning of, 227;
oratory of, 237.
Freedom of will, belief in, 497.
Friars, mendicant, 462.

G.
Gallerana, Cecilia, 386.
Gamblers, professional, 436.
Gambling on large scale, 436.
Gaston de Foix, 309.
Genoa, 86-87.
Germano-Spanish army, advance of, 122.
Ghibellines and Guelphs, political sonnets of, 312.
Ghosts, 521-523.
Giangaleazzo, 13-14.
Girls, in society, absence of, 399.
Girolamo Savonarola (see Savonarola).
Godfrey of Strasburg, 309.
Golden Spur, order of the, 53.
Gonnella (jester), 157.
Gonzaga, House of, of Mantua, 43;
Francesco, 43, 44;
Giovan Francesco, 213-214;
Isabella, 385.
Government, divine, belief in, destroyed, 507.
‘Gran Consilio,’ the, 66.
Gratitude as an Italian virtue, 440.
Greater dynasties, 35-54.
Greek, the study of, 195-197.
Guarino of Verono, 215.
Guelphs and Ghibellines, political sonnets of, 312.
Guicciardini, his opinion of the priesthood, 464.
Gymnastics first taught as an art, 389.
Gyraldus, historian of the humanists, 276.

H.
Hair, false, 372.
Hermits, 471.
Hierarchy, hostility to the, 458.
Hieronymus of Siena, 471-472.
‘Historia rerum Venetarum,’ the, of Bembo, 248.
History, treated of in poetry, 261.
Honour, the sentiment of, 433-435.
Horses, breeding of, 295-296.
Humanism in the Fourteenth Century, 203;
furtherers of, 217-229.
Humanists, fall of, in 16th century, 272-281;
faults of, 276;
historian of, 276;
temptations of, 275-276.
Human Nature, study of intellectual side of, 308-309.
Husband, rights of, 442.
Hypocrisy, freedom of Italians from, 439.

I.
‘Il Galateo’ of G. della Casa, 375-376.
Illegitimacy, indifference to, 21, 22.
Immorality, prevalent at beginning of 16th century, 432.
Immortality, decline of belief in, 541.
Individual, the, assertion of, 129, 130, 131;
the, and the Italian State, 129-138;
the perfecting of, 134-138.
Individuality, keen perception of Italians for, 329.
Infidelity in marriage, 440-441, 456.
Inn-keepers, German, 375.
Innocent VIII., Pope, election of, 107.
Inquisitors and Science, 291;
detrimental to development of drama, 317.
Instruments, musical, collections of 393.
Intolerance, religious, 6.
Isabella of Este, 43, 44.
Italians, cleanliness of, 374;
discoverers of the Middle Ages, 286;
journeys of, 285-288;
judges as to personal beauty, 342;
supremacy of, in literary world, 151;
writing of, 193.
Italy, a school for scandal, 160;
subject to Spain, 94.

J.
Jacopo della Marca, 467.
‘Jerusalem delivered’ of Tasso, delineation of character in, 327.
Jesting, a profession, 156.
Jews, literary activity of the, 199-201.
Journeys of the Italians, 285-288.
Julius II., Pope, character of, 118;
election of, 117.

K.
Knighthood, passion for, 364.

L.
Laetus Pomponus, life of, 279-281.
‘L’amor, diveno,’ 445, 446.
Language as basis of social intercourse, 378-383.
Laöcoon, the, discovery of, 148.
Latin composition, history of, 252-253;
treatises, and History, 243-248.
Latini, Brunetto, originator of new epoch in poetry, 310.
Laurel wreath, the, coronation of poets with, 207-209.
Law, absence of belief in, 447.
League of Cambray, 68, 89.
Leo X., Pope, buffoonery of, 157-158;
influence on humanism, 224-225;
love of jesters, 157;
policy of, 119, 120, 121.
Letter-writing, object of, 232.
Library Catalogues, 190, 191.
Life, outward refinement of, 369-377.
Lionardo da Vinci, 114.
Lorenzo the Magnificent, 90, 95, 108;
as describer of country life, 350, 353;
parody of ‘Inferno’ by, 159;
song of Bacchus and Ariadne, 427-428;
tact of, 386-387;
theistic belief of, 549-550.
Ludovico Casella, death of, 57.
Ludovico il Moro, 41, 42, 64, 93.
Lutherans, danger from the, 121.
Luther, Martin, 121.

M.
Macchiavelli, 81, 82, 84-86, 96;
as comedian, 320;
‘Discorsi il’ of, 458;
metrical history by, 263;
on Italian immorality, 432.
Madonna, the worship of, 483-485.
Magicians, 530-533;
burning of, 524.
Magic, decline of, 537;
official, 533-535, 538;
practice of, 453.
Malatesta, Pandolfo, 27;
Robert, 23, 26;
Sigismondo, 33, 228-229.
Man, the discovery of, 308-327.
Manetti, Giannozzo, 197, 225;
high character of, 218-220;
eloquence of, 240.
Mantovano, Battista, eclogues of, 352, 479.
Manucci, Aldo, 197.