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Cattaneo, Simonetta,
see
Vespucci, Simonctta

Catullus, Valerius,
91

Cavalcanti family,
43

Cavalcanti, Ginevra,
see
Medici, Ginevra de’

Cavalcanti, Lorenzo,
137
,
138

Caxton, William (c. 1422–c. 1491),
169

Cellini, Benvenuto (1500–71), on syphilis,
205
; Clement VII and,
240
,
246–7
,
253
; on his prowess as a gunner,
245–6
; on Cosimo I,
258
; his
Perseus
,
274
,
329
; his bust of Cosimo I,
327

Cennini, Bernardo,
150
,
169

Cesarini, Cardinal julian (1398–1444),
67

Chalcondylas, Demetrius (1424–1511),
111
,
170

Charlemagne, King of the Franks,
and
Roman Emperor,
30

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I, King of Spain; 1500–58), succeeds Ferdinand the Catholic,
223
; succeeds Emperor Maximilian,
237
; Leo X and,
237
; takes Milan,
238
; and Clement VII,
239
,
240–1
,
249
,
251
,
252
; Imperial army marches on Rome,
241
,
242–3
; and Catherine of Aragon,
248
; Imperial forces besiege Florence,
250
; and Cosimo I,
264

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685–1740),
305

Charles VII, King of France (1403–61),
84

Charles VIII, King of France,
called
the Affable (1470–98), his ambitions,
182
; his appearance,
182
,
190
; his personality,
183
; and the invasion of Italy,
183–4
,
185
; Piero di Lorenzo and,
186
; Savonarola greets,
188
; enters Florence,
189–90
; and Capponi,
190–1
; in Naples,
193
; and his army,
194
,
195
,
196
; and Pisa,
197
; death of,
201
; and Franco-Florentine friendship,
208

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England,
328

Chigi, Agostino,
225

Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–89),
286
,
330

Christine of Lorraine,
see
Medici, Christine de’

Chrysoloras, Emmanuel (c. 1355–1415),
47

Chrysoloras, John,
47

Cibò, Franceschetto,
162
,
203

Cibò, Giovanni Battista,
see
Pope Innocent VIII

Cibò, Innocenzo, Cardinal,
248
,
256
,
257
,
263
,
264

Cibò, Lorenzo,
232

Cibò, Maddalena,
née
Maddalena di Lorenzo de’ Medici,
162
,
203
,
205

Cicero, Marcus Tullius,
98

Cimtnlo, Del
,
284
,
285
,
287

Ciompi
,
25–6
,
31
,
257

Cione, Nardo di,
314

Clothes, the
lucco
,
21
,
215
,
262
,
270
; of 14th century Florentines,
21
; of 15th century Florentines,
21–3
; of
Priori
and
Gonfatoniere
,
26–7
; of Bruni,
46
; of
Signoria
,
62
; of the Constantinopolitans,
67
; ceremonial attire of Eugenius IV,
73
; of Donatello,
92
; scholars’ caps,
111
; of Roman women,
114
; of Lorenzo the Magnificent,
116–17
,
124
; of Clarice Orsini,
117
; of Princess Eleonora of Naples,
121
; of Charles VIII,
189
; of Italian soldiers,
195
; of national militia,
211
; of Leo X,
221
,
222
; of
Gonfaloniere
Ridolfi,
221
; of Fra Baraballo,
226
; of Cosimo I,
267
,
270
; uniform of pages of Cosimo I,
268–9
; of Grand Duke Gian Gastone,
308
,
309

Cocco, Niccolò di,
55

Colonna family,
56
,
241
,
247

Colonna, Cardinal Pompeo,
235
,
238
,
239
,
241
,
326

Commines, Philippe de (1445–1509),
89
,
149
,
150
,
151
,
186

Compagnacci
,
197
,
199

Condotlieri
, and early Renaissance warfare,
194
; and Pisan-Florcntinc war,
210
; untrustworthiness of,
211

Baglioni, Malatesta,
249
,
250

Colleoni, Bartolommeo (1400–75),
106
,
167

Hawkwood, Sir John,
320

Montesecco, Gian Battista,
132–4
,
135
,
136
,
141–2

Niccolò da Tolentino,
52
,
320

Piccinino, Jacopo,
194

Piccinino, Niccolò,
42
,
80
,
82

Sarueverino, Roberto da,
117

Sforza, Francesco,
see separate entry

Trivulzio, Gian Giacomo,
149

Urbinp, Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of,
see separate entry

Constantinople,
64
,
85

Copernicus,
prop
. Nicolaus Koppemigk (1473–1543),
240
,
280

Cornaro, Cardinal,
225
,
231

Corsini, Filippo,
118

Cosmas, St,
37

Cossa, Baldassare, Cardinal,
later
Pope John XXIII,
q.v
. (c. 1370–1419),
35
,
87

Council of Bâle (1431–49),
64–5

Council of Constance (1414–18),
34
,
35–6

Council of Florence (1438–45),
64
,
66–8
,
69
,
87
,
110

Council of Pisa (1409),
34

Craon, Prince Marc de,
309

Credi, Lorenzo di (1459–1537),
192

Crespi, Giuseppe Maria (1665–1747),
300

Cretensis, Demetrius,
170

Crusades, preached by Calixtus III,
86
;

Pazzo de’ Pazzi and,
131

Curia, the,
95
,
129

Dami, Giuliano,
303
,
305
,
307

Damian, St,
37

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321),
70
,
171

Dati, Gregorio,
28

Del Cimento
,
284
,
285
,
287

Democritus,
297

Diogenes Laertius,
47

Domenico da Pescia, Fra,
196
,
198
,
199
,
200

Domenico, Giovanni di,
317

Donatello,
prop
. Donato di Betto Bardi (1386–1466), Michelozzo and,
75
; his history,
90
; his works,
90–1
,
192
,
312
,
315
,
318
,
329
; Cosimo di Giovanni and,
91
,
92
,
108
; and the Genoese merchant,
91–2
; attitude to money,
92
; in old age,
92
; Piero di Cosimo and,
107–8
; and the tomb of John XXIII,
316
; his gallery,
320

Donati, Lucrezia,
116
,
121
,
146

Doni, Paolo di,
108

Dovizi da Bibbiena, Bernardo,
206
,
217
,
227
,
232

Dovizi da Bibbiena, Piero,
178
,
206

Duomo, the,
see
Florence
,
Santa Maria del Fiorc, Cathedral of

Edward III, King of England (1312–77),
39

Edward IV, King of England (1442–83),
158

Eleonora, Princess of Naples,
121

Eieonora of Toledo,
see
Medici, Eleonora de’

Elizabeth, Queen of Spain (1692–1766),
305

Entragues, Robert de Balzac,
210

Este, Alfonso d’,
see
Ferrara, Duke of

Este, Borso d’,
see
Ferrara, Duke of

Este, Ercole d’,
see
Ferrara, Duke of

Este, Ippolito d’, Cardinal,
217

Este, Isabella d’,
324

Fancelli, Luca,
328

Farnese, Alessandro, Cardinal,
later
Pope Paul III,
q.v
. (1468–1549),
238

Farnese, Elizabeth,
see
Elizabeth, Queen of Spain

Farnese, Ottavio, Duke of Parma and Piacenza,
264

Federigo, Prince of Naples,
103
,
153

Fedi, Pio,
329

Ferdinand the Catholic, King, V of Castile, II of Aragon and Sicily,
and
III of Naples (1452–1516), joins the Holy League,
194
; and Louis XII,
201
; and Leo X,
220
,
222
; death of,
223

Ferrai, Luigi Alberto,
264

Ferrante, Don,
84

Ferrante, King of Naples (1423–94),
103
; and Lorenzo the Magnificent,
117
,
154
; and Sixtus IV,
130
,
154
; and Florence,
148
,
159
; and the Sforzas,
151
,
183
; the
Signoria
distrusts,
153
; and the Turkish invasion,
159
; Savonarola and,
182
; death of,
183

Ferrara, Cosimo di Giovanni at,
54
; disastrous Council of,
65–6
; Savonarola’s forebears at court of,
178
; Leo X and,
237

Ferrara, Alfonso d’Este (I), Duke of (1476–1534),
208
,
222

Ferrara, Alfonso d’Este (II) Duke of (1533–97). 269

Ferrara, Borso d’Este, Duke of,
105
,
117

Ferrara, Duchy of,
219

Ferrara, Ercole d’Este, Duke of,
150
,
151
,
152

Ferrara, Lucrezia d’Este, Duchess of,
née
Medici, Lucrezia di Cosimo de’ (1544–61),
269

Ferrara, Marquis of,
50
,
54

Fern, Antonio,
299

Ferri, Cirro,
285

Ferrucci, Francesco,
250
,
327

Festivals, pageants of the Magi,
111
; tournament to celebrate wedding of Lorenzo the Magnificent,
116
; Florence famous for festivities,
119
;
Calendimaggio
,
119
,
297
; of St John the Baptist,
119–20
,
289
; Lenten and Easter,
120
; for Princess Eleonora of Naples,
121
; Savonarola’s orders on carnivals,
192
; encouraged under Cardinal Giovanni,
216
; for the election of Leo X,
217–18
; reception of Leo X in Florence,
220–2
; celebrations for title of Grand Duke,
266
; Cosimo I encourages,
273
; for the wedding of Ferdinand I,
280–1
; for the wedding of Maria de’ Medici and Henry IV,
281
; for the wedding of Cosimo II,
282
; for the wedding of Cosimo III,
289
; Grand Prince Ferdinand arranges a joust,
308
; abolition of Medici public holidays,
310
;
Scoppiv del Carro
,
321–2

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