A
Abrotonia, 22, 23, 138, 320
Abruzzi, the, 117
Absalom, 88
Acciaiuoli, family of the, 101
Acciaiuoli, Andrea, 237 note, 242 note
Acciaiuoli, Angelo, 222 note
Acciaiuoli, Niccolò, 5 note, 122 note, 148, 156, 224
Boccaccio's letters to, 24 note, 59 note, 61
friendship with Boccaccio, 57, 150 note
probable invitation to Boccaccio, 108, 113, 203 note
schemes for Louis of Taranto, 116-18
Accoramboni, Paolo, 217 note
Achilles, 75
Acquasparta, Cardinal of, xv
Acquettino da Prato, Giovanni, 8
Acrimonia, 85, 86
Acta Sanctorum, 198 note
Adam, 224, 243
Adimari, Antonio, 104
Adiona, 85, 86
Æneas, 57, 202, 274
Affrico, 11, 12, 93, 304
Afron, 86
Agamemnon, 81
Agapes, 85, 86
Agnes de Perigord, 44
Aimeric, Cardinal, 113, 114
Albanzani, Donato degli, 227 note
Alberighi, Federigo degli, 307
Alberigo, Frate, 261 note
Albert of Hapsburg, xiv, xix
Albertazzi, 296 note
Alberti, the, 57
Alberto da Imola, Fra, 309
Albizzi, the, 104
Albornoz, Cardinal, 164, 167, 208, 217
Aldobrandini, the, 104
Alexander IV, 309
Alexander the Great, 89
Alexandria, 66, 94
Alexis, 122, 215 note
Allegri, Francesco, 213
Alleiram, 34
Altomonte, Count of, 110
Altoviti, Guglielmo, 102, 104
Alunno, Niccolò, 25 note
Amalfi, La Regina Giovanna nella tradizione, 115 note
Amaryllis, 164 note
Amazons, the, 79
Ambrosio, Matteo d', 222 note
Ameto, 179, 183 note
autobiographical nature of, 6, 7, 9 note, 10, 11, 13, 61, 86, 87
beauty of women in, 22 note
Boccaccino, 97 note
date of, 62, 70 note
dedication of, 194 note
description of the, 84-7
Fiammetta in, 29 note, 30, 32 note, 36, 52, 85, 323 note
journey to Naples, 15, 16, 320
Lia, 22 note
publication of, 87
Amicolo, Franceschino da Brossano, 213-16, 219 note
Amorosa Visione, 25 note, 26 note, 62
date of, 96
dedication of, 87, 132 note, 348, 349
description of, 88
Fiammetta in, 29 note, 30, 35, 37, 41, 43 note
Lucia, 22 note
Anchises, 155, 272
Andalò di Negro, 323
Andrew, King of Hungary, marriage of, 108 note, 109-11
administration of, 112-14
murder of, 114, 121, 124
Andronicus, 191
Anselmi, Nuovi documenti, 4 note
Antellesi, the, 101
Anubis, 237-40
Apaten, 86
Apiros, 86
Apollo, 229, 239
Apuleius, 48, 58, 84, 88, 316
Aquila, 15
Aquino, Conte d', 9 note, 30, 31
Aquino, Maria d'. See Fiammetta
Arabian Nights, 292, 296
Aragon, 16
Arcadia, 155
Arch. di Stato Firenze Mercanzia, 4 note, 5 note
Arch. Stor. Ital., 151 note, 163 note, 209 note, 218 note
Arch. St. per le prov. nap., 31 note, 109 note
Arcite, 80-3
Aretino, Domenico, on Boccaccio's birth, 8, 9 note
Arezzo, xiv, 151, 153, 156, 157
Argo, 121, 122
Ariosto, Ludovico, 94 note
Aristotle, 234
Arno, the, xx, 10, 94 note, 126
Arnolfo di Cambio, xiii
Arquà, 282 note, 285
Ars Amandi, 12 note, 25, 33
Arthur, King, 26
Artois, Charles d', 110
Ascalione, 69
Ascham, Roger, 312
Astrology, Boccaccio's belief in, 235
Athens, 79
Duke of, 101, 244 note
Atlas, 64, 94
Avernus, lake of, 53
Aversa, 113-15, 117, 150 note
Avignon, 60, 114, 151, 164, 167, 171, 218, 219
Boccaccio in, 165-7, 170, 209, 211, 212
ceded to the Holy See, 118
Petrarch in, 190
popes in, xviii, xix, 15 note, 152 note
Robert the Wise crowned in, 17, 31
siege of, 217
Azzo da Correggio, 60
B
Baal, 88
Babylon, Sultan of, 66
Baddeley, King Robert the Wise, 109 note, 113-15 notes
Bagno, 53
Baia, Fiammetta at, 39, 40, 47, 49, 53-5, 67, 92, 134, 136, 138, 139, 141, 303 note
Baldelli, on Boccaccio in Romagna, 119, 120
on Boccaccio's embassies, 149-51
on Boccaccio's letters, 222 note
on Boccaccio's master, 24 note
on Boccaccio's meeting with Fiammetta, 323
on Boccaccio's metres, 94
on Pilatus, 203 note
on the Vita di Dante, 120 note, 183 note
The Rime, 132 note, 133
Vita di Boccaccio, 7 note, et passim
Baldi, Piero de', 100, 103
Baluzius, Vitæ Paparum, 115 note
Balzo, Ugo del, 116, 117
Bandino, 132
Barbi, ed. Vita Nuova, 254 note
Bardi, the, 104
Franceschino de', 128
Barlaam, 190, 191, 195
Baroncelli, Gherardo, 98 note
Barrili, Giovanni, 48
Bartoli, I precursi del Boccaccio, 70 note, 304 note
Bartolo del Bruno, Niccola di, 87
Bartolommeo da Siena, 198 note, 307
Bassi, P. A., 84
Beatrice, Dante's. See Dante
Beatrice di Dante, 120, 148, 259, 268
Beauveau, Louis de, 78
Bechino, 248 note
Belcolore, Monna, 306, 309
Bella, Giano della, xiv
Bellona, 86
Benedict XI, xviii, 109
Benevento, xiii, xiv
Benn, A. W., 304 note
Benvenuto da Imola, 104 note, 144, 220 note, 269, 277, 282 note, 321
Bergamo, xx
Brescia, xx, xxi, 264
Berlin, Hamilton MS. in, 171 note, 311
Berlinghieri, Arriguccio, 307
Bernardino da Polenta, 119 note, 151
Bernicole, in Giornale Dantesco, 120 note
Bertinoro, 150 note
Bertolotto, Il Trattato dell' Astrolabio, 26 note
Betussi, G., 132 note, 270 note
Genealogia, 321 note
Baumgarten, 208
Biagi, G., La Rassettatura del Decamerone, 310 note
La vita privata dei Fiorentini, 126 note
Biagi and Pesserini, Codice Diplomatico Dantesco, 120 note
Bianchi, the, quarrel with the Neri, xiii-xvi
support Henry VII, xix
Biancofiore, letters to Florio, 25
story of, 63-9
Biscioni, 257 note
Bisdomini, Cerrettieri, 106, 107
Black Death in Italy, 125, 147, 171, 292
Boccaccino, humble origin of, 4
in Florence, 4, 10
position in Paris, 5-10
sells Corbignano, 11, 325-34
relations with his son, 13
in Naples, 20-2, 321
displeased with his son, 45
ruined, 57, 59 note, 88
marriage of, 87
second marriage of, 62 note, 98, 127
home of, 97
death of, 128, 130, 145
will of, 145
Boccaccio, Francesco di, 13, 14, 59 note, 319
Boccaccio, Giovanni, humanity of, xi, xii, 304
compared with Dante and Petrarch, xi, 144, 222, 224, 305
numerous works of, xi. (See separate headings)
their autobiographical character, xii, 6, et passim
declines the title of poet, xii, 94, 144, 228
bibliography of, 3 note
signatures of, 3 note
epitaph of, 3 note, 291
will of, 3 note, 289, 350-4
birth of, xxi, 3-9, 43 note
parentage of, 3, 6-10
childhood of, 10-12, 320
studies of, 12, et passim
English, 355-62
dislike of commercial life, 12-14, 19
sent to Naples, 14-16, 19 note, 319-21
first years there, 18-20
friendship with Calmeta, 20-2, 323
presented at Court, 21
studies Canon Law, 22, 24, 44, 321-4
his early loves, 22
dreams of Fiammetta, 23, 30
reads the classics, 25, 62
reads Dante, 25, 253
reads the French romances, 26
meets Fiammetta, 27-30, 33 note, 71 note, 321-4
his love for Fiammetta, 27-53, 130-2, 135, 136, 174, 197, 198 note
period of uncertainty in love, 35-43, 140
period of courtship, 36, 44-50
period of possesso completo, 35-40, 51-3, 140
betrayed by Fiammetta, 39, 40, 53-6, 141, 180
reads Petrarch, 45
writes Rime, 46, 47, 56
abandons the law, 47, 48
his literary studies, 48, 58
change of fortune, 56
leaves Naples, 59-61
his life in Florence, 61, 62, 96-9
his early works, 62-96
returns to Naples, 95, 99, 107-9, 113, 119
on Walter, Duke of Athens, 101, 106
on Robert the Wise, 110 note
relations with Queen Giovanna, 117 note
in Romagna, 117, 119, 259
meets King Louis of Hungary, 124
translates Livy, 119 note
during the plague, 126-9
returns to Florence, 128, 130, 145
appointed guardian to his brother, 128, 130, 145
his songs, 132-44
embassy to Ravenna, 146, 148-52
embassy to Forlì, 150
Boccaccio first meets Petrarch, 153, 155, 190, 225
offers him a chair at the Florentine University, 157-60, 225
reproaches Petrarch with lack of patriotism, 160-1, 164 note, 192, 208
becomes Camarlingo, 162
at work on the Decameron, 162, 170-2
embassy to Ludwig of Brandenburg, 162
embassy to Avignon, 165-7
opinion of Charles IV, 167
his changed attitude to women, 172, 176-89
his children, 173 note, 214-16
his anthology of Cicero and Varro, 190
visits Petrarch in Milan, 192, 193, 226
studies Greek under Pilatus, 193-206, 209
his spiritual troubles, 197-203
offered post of Apostolic Secretary, 201, 227
visits Petrarch in Venice, 203, 204, 207, 226
embassy to Avignon, 209-12
stays in Genoa, 210
does not go to Pavia, 210, 226
in Certaldo, 1366, 212
visits Venice again, 212-16, 226, 282
embassy to the Pope, 1365, 216, 218