The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici (65 page)

Gorini, Simonetta,
233

Gozzoli, Benozzo (
c
.1420–97),
67
,
110–12
,
320–1

Grandi
, and government of Florence,
28
; and Cosimo di Giovanni,
43
; Medici declared to be,
52
; become eligible for election to office,
61

‘Great Schism’, the (1378–1417),
34

Greek Orthodox Church,
64
,
65
,
67

Grocyn, William (
c
1446–1519),
170

Grosso, Niccolò,
76
,
318

Guadagni family,
58

Guadagni, Bernardo,
49
,
51–2

Guasconi family,
58

Guicciardini family,
58

Guicciardini, Francesco (1483–1340),
315
; on Cosimo
Pater Patriae
,
63
; on Lorenzo the Magnificent,
146
,
157
; on Capponi and Charles VIII,
190
; on the French in Naples,
193
; on French artillery,
195
; on the sack of Prato,
213–14
; on Giulio de’ Medici,
233
; on Giovanni delle Bande Nere,
242
; on Clement VII,
243
; on Cardinal Passerini,
248
; on the aftermath of the siege of Florence,
251
; eulogizes Alessandro de’ Medici,
254
; leader of the
Palleschi
,
256
,
257
; and Cosimo I,
257
,
258
,
264
; Varchion,
263

Guicciardini, Giovanni,
55
,
56

Guicciardini, Luigi,
160

Guicciardini, Piero,
56

Guilds, trade, Florentine,
25–6
; and
Signoria
,
26
; cloth and wool,
33
;
Am del Cambio
,
33
,
73
;
Arte di Por Santa Maria
, 71; and the Cathedral dome,
72
; commission statues for Orsanmichele,
73
; and number of working-days per year,
119
; on verge of ruin,
210
; of the Calimala,
319–20

Hadfield, Charles,
325

Handel, George Frederick (1685–1759),
300

Hanno,
elephant belonging to
Pope Leo X,
226

Henry VIII, King of England (1491–1547),
239
,
247–8

Henry II, King of France,
see
Orléans, Henri

de Valois, Duke of

Henry IV, King of France (1553–1610),
281

Holy Leagues, Florence, Milan, the Pope and Venice,
85
; Alexander VI’s,
194
; mercenaries in battle,
195
; Savonarola and,
196
; League of Cambrai,
207
,
223
; Julius II’s,
208
,
209
,
211–12
,
214

Humanists, Cosimo
Pater Patriae
,
37–8
; Albizzi and,
43–4
; friends of Cosimo
Pater Patriae
,
43
,
46
,
47
; Piccolimini and Parentucelli,
88
; and vernacular poetry,
170

Imola,
107
,
128
,
129
,
131
,
132

Insignia, of Florence,
26
,
33
,
313
; of the Medici,
30
,
48
,
102
,
111
,
313
,
319
,
323
; of
Arte della Lana
,
33
; of Cosimo
Pater Patriae
,
76
,
111
; of the Medici bank,
87
; Valois lilies,
102
; seal of the
Signoria
,
109
; standard of Lorenzo the Magnificent,
117
; of citizens of Florence,
215
; Cardinal Giovanni’s personal device,
216
; of
Del Cimento
,
284
; Peruzzi family emblem,
315
; arms of Piero di Cosimo,
320
; the Castracani leopard,
321
; Francesco I and the Medici emblem,
331

Jews,
129
,
279
,
297
,
307

Joanna, Archduchess of Austria,
see
Medici, Joanna de’, Grand Duchess

John VII Paleologus, Emperor of die East (c. 1423–48),
83
; and the Pope,
64
; enters Florence,
66
; and the Council of Florence,
67
,
68
;and the Florentine-Milanese alliance,
83
; Gozzoli and,
110

Kallistos, Andronicus,
122

Knights of St John of Jerusalem,
267

Knights of Santo Stefano,
266

La Badia, monastery of,
73

Ladislaus, King of Naples,
35

Lama, Guaspare di Zanobi del,
109

Landini, Taddeo,
328

Landino, Cristoforo,
103
,
122

Landucci, Luca, on Italian warfare,
151
; on the attack on Colle,
152
; on an alleged assassin,
158
; and die influence of Savonarola,
193
; on die burning of Savonarola,
200
; on the national militia,
211
; his confidence,
211–12

Lannoy, Charles de,
241

Lascaris, Giovanni,
called
Rhyndacenus
(c
. 1445–1535).
169
,
228

Latimer, William,
170

Latino, Cardinal,
116

Lenzi, Lorenzo,
185

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519),
168
,
228
,
240
,
324

Leoni, Piero,
173
,
174

Libraries, of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice,
54
,
315
; the Medici,
69
,
88
,
107
,
169
,
187
,
240
,
299
; Vatican,
69
; of San Barto-lommeo,
73
;
Biblioteca Laurenziana
,
240
,
326
; Biblioteca Nazionale,
332
; the Palatina,
332

Linacre, Thomas (c. 1460–1524),
170

Lions of Florence,
119
,
173
,
327

Lippi, Anniballe,
330

Lippi, Filippino (c. 1458–1504),
165
,
168
,
319
; his birth,
93
; Lorenzo the Magnificent and,
167
; his mural at Poggio a Caiano,
322

Lippi, Fra Filippo,
called
Lippo lippi
(c
. 1406–69); his history,
92–3
; his behaviour,
93
; Cosimo
Paler Patriae
and,
93–4
; Botticelli and,
109
;
The Virgin Adoring the Child
,
110
,
320
; his altarpiece in San Lorenzo,
316
;
Coronation of the Virgin
,
319

Lombardi, Giovanni,
330

Lorraine, Charles, Prince of,
288
,
290

Lorraine, Francesco II, Duke of,
later
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–65),
309

Louis XI, King of France (1423–83),
102
,
149
,
182

Louis XII, King of France (1462–1515),
201
,
207
,
208
,
219

Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715),
281
; Marguerite-Louise and,
288
,
291
,
293–4
,
295
,
296
; and Cosimo III,
292

Lucca,
42
,
83
,
150
,
210

Lucretius,
prop
. Titus Lucretius Carus,
45

Luther, Martin (1483–1546),
237
,
245

Machiavelli, Niccolò di Bernardo (1469–1527), and the battle of Anghiari,
194
; appearance,
210
; organizes national militia,
211
; on the sack of Prato,
214
;
The Prince
,
214
,
326
; his advice sought,
219
;
Mandragola
,
227
; his papers,
332

Maddalena, Cosimo’s
slave-girl
,
39–40

Madeleine de la Tour d’ Auvergne,
see
Urbino, Duchess of

Maffei, Fra Antonio,
136
,
137–8
,
141

Maffei, Raffaele,
141

Mahomet II, ‘the Conqueror’, Sultan of Turkey (1430–81),
160

Malavolti, Federigo,
51

Malespini family,
43

Manetti, Antonio,
317

Manetti, Giannozzo,
61
,
82

Manfredi, Taddeo,
128

Mann, Sir Horace,
325
,
328

Mannaioni, Giulio,
319

Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of,
194
,
195–96
,
206

Manuel I, King of Portugal (1469–1521),
226

Marco da Fienza,
330

Margaret of Parma,
see
Medici, Margaret de’

Marguerite Louise of Orléans,
see
Medici, Margaret Louise de’

Maria Maddalena, Archduchess of Austria,
see
Medici, Maria Maddalena de’. Grand Duchess

Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (1717–80),
309

Mariano, Fra,
180
,
181

Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France (1573–1642),
281

Marsuppini, Carlo,
44
,
47
,
48
,
313

Martelli family,
57

Martelli, Camilla,
see
Medici, Camilla de’

Mary, Queen of France,
219

Masaccio,
prop
. Tomasso Guidi (1401–28?),
92
,
319

Masolino da Panicale (1383–1447),
319

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519), and Anne of Brittany,
183
; joins the Holy League,
194
; and Julius II,
207
; Leo X and,
220
; death of,
237

Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal,
orig
. Giulio Mazarini (1602–61),
288

Medici, the, origins of,
30
; insignia of,
30
; public service,
30–1
; the Albizzi and,
43
,
55
,
212
; the Martelli and,
57
; sentence of banishment revoked,
58
; opposition to,
104
; Gozzoli and,
110
; and Poliziano,
122
; and the Pazzi,
131
,
132
;
Signorla
declares them banished,
187
; Savonarola and,
191
; restoration of,
212
,
214
,
216
; election of a Medici Pope,
217
; the Sacred College and,
235
; and Henry of Navarre,
281
; and the Inquisition,
297
; the Medici holidays abolished,
310
; bequest of the Medici treasures,
310–11
; and the Palazzo Medici,
317–18
; the Medici collections,
324
,
332

Medici, Alessandro de’,
illegitimate son of
Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino
or of
Cardinal Giulio,
239
,
257
,
262
; his parentage,
236
; his unpopularity,
248
; Clement VII’s plans for,
251
; and Ippolito,
252–3
; Florentine resentment against,
253–4
; his marriage and death,
254–5
; and Lorenzaccio di Pierfrancesco,
255
; assassination of,
256