The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici (69 page)
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Authors: Christopher Hibbert
Pierino da Vinci,
323
Piero della Francesca (c. 1420–92),
332
Pietro da Cortona,
285
Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany,
333
Pisa, conquest of,
33
,
34
; Archbishop of,
130
; Lorenzo di Piero and,
169–70
; and France,
186
,
187
; Savonarola greets Charles VIII in,
188
; Florence and,
197
,
208
; School of Botany at,
274
; college for scholars at,
279
Pitti family,
123
Pitti, Luca, his personality,
60
;
Gonfaloniere
,
62
;
Accoppiatore
,
63
; and the Medici,
103–4
,
105
,
106
,
123
,
328
; pardoned,
106
; his palace,
271
,
328
Plague, in Ferrara,
66
; and new doors for the Baptistery,
70
; in the Imperial army,
247
; in the French forces,
249
; in Florence,
250
,
283
; in Tuscany,
293
Plethon, Giorgios Gemistos (
c
. 1355–1450),
68
Poliziano, Angelo,
prop
. Angelo Ambrogini, (1454–94). his history,
122
; on Lorenzo the Magnificent,
122
; and Lorenzo the Magnificent,
135
,
137
,
157
,
164
,
173–4
; and the Pazzi Conspiracy,
137
,
138
; and the execution of Salviati,
140
; tutor to children of Lorenzo the Magnificent,
145
,
323
; Clarice de’ Medici and,
145
,
146
; and Savonarola,
181
; his papers,
332
Pollaiuolo, Antonio,
prop
. Antonio di Jacobo Benci, (1429–98),
110
,
165
,
167
,
320
Pollaiuolo, Picro,
prop
. Piero di Jacobo Benci, (1443–96),
108–9
,
168
Pollaiuolo, Simone del,
called
il Cronaca (1457–1508),
323
Popes,
Benedict XIII,
Antipope at Avignon
, 1394–1417,
34
Calixtus III (
r
. 1455–8),
86
Clement VII,
né
Giulio di Giuliano de’ Medici,
q.v
. (
r
. 1523–34), election of,
239
; a generous and discriminating patron,
240
; his indecision,
240
,
244
; his foreign policy,
240–1
,
242
; urges defence of Rome,
243
; and Cellini,
246–7
; surrenders,
247
; escapes,
247
; and Henry VIII’s divorce,
247–8
; his effigy torn to pieces,
248
; and the surrender of Florence,
251
; and Alessandro de’ Medici,
251
,
254
; and Caterina de’ Medici,
252
; illness and death of,
252–3
; the marriage of his daughter,
255
; and the boy Cosimo I,
262
; and the Medici Library,
316
; Michelangelo and,
318
,
327
; Raphael and,
326
; his tomb,
327
Eugenius IV (
r
. 1431–47), succeeds Martin V,
51
; and San Giorgio Maggiore,
54
; and the Medici,
56
; Rinaldo degli Albizzi and,
57
; Cosimo
Pater Patriae
and,
58
,
74
; and Council of Florence,
64
,
66
,
67
; and Council of Bâle,
64–5
; his golden tiara,
70
; and completion of the Cathedral dome,
73
Gregory XIII (
r
. 1572–85),
277
Innocent VIII (
r
. 1484–92), succeeds Sixtus IV,
160
; ‘a rabbit’,
161
; and Lorenzo the Magnificent,
161
,
182
,
202–3
; Savonarola and,
182
; and Giovanni di Lorenzo,
203
John XXIII
né
Baldassare Cossa,
q.v
.
Antipope to
Popes Benedict XIII
and
Gregory XII, (1410–15), background and personality,
34
; and King of Naples,
35
; accusations against,
35–6
; last years,
36
; his will,
36
; Cosimo
Pater Patriae
and,
39
; and Bracciolini,
45
; his monument,
71
,
75
,
98
,
316
; Giovanni di Bicci and,
87
Julius II (
r
. 1503–13),
217
,
228
; appearance and temperament,
207
; his military exploits,
207–8
; and Giovanni di Lorenzo,
208
; dying,
216
; and the Duke of Urbino,
223
; and Michelangelo,
229
; and Raphael,
229
,
332
; and the Laocoön,
325
Leo III,
326
Leo IV,
326
Leo X,
né
Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici,
q.v. (r
. 1513–21), election of,
217
; his appearance,
218
; his enjoyment of the papacy,
218
,
224
; and the House of Medici,
219
; his reception in Florence,
220–2
,
314
,
324
; and the Duke of Urbino,
222
,
223–4
; and Francis I,
222–3
; and his brother Giuliano,
223
; his extravagance,
224
,
227
; Vettori on,
224
; his dinners,
225–6
; his amusements,
226–7
,
230–2
; his expenditure on Rome,
227–8
; a generous patron of writers and scholars,
228
; and Michelangelo,
229
,
240
,
327
; makes enemies,
232–3
; attempted assassination of,
233–4
; creates a pro-Medici Sacred College,
235
; and Charles V,
237
; and Luther,
237
; godfather to Cosimo I,
261
; his coat of arms,
315
; and the Medici Library,
316
; Raphael and,
325
,
326
Nicholas V,
né
Tommaso Parentucelli,
q.v
. (
r
. 1447–55).
87
Paul III (
r
. 1534–49),
264
Pius II,
né
Enea Silvio Piccolomini,
q.v
. (
r
. 1458–64), on Florentines,
38
; on Cosimo
Pater Patriae
,
38
,
63
; on Francesco Sforza,
81
; and the Medici bank,
88
; and Cosimo
Pater Patriae
,
88
Pius III (
r
. and
d
. 1503),
207
Pius IV (
r
. 1559–65). 331
Sixtus IV,
né
Francesco della Rovere (
r
. 1471–84),
125
; his appearance,
128
; nepotism,
128–9
; and Lorenzo the Magnificent,
129
,
130
,
159
; and the Pazzi Conspiracy,
132
,
133
,
155
; and Florence,
148
,
159
; Tuscan bishops excommunicated,
150
; and Naples,
154
,
159
; and the Florentine deputation,
160
; death of,
160
Sixtus V (
r
. 1585–90),
277
Portinari family,
43
Portinari, Folco,
316
Processions, Martin V leaves Florence,
36
; to celebrate completion of the Baptistery bronze doors,
71
; to celebrate completion of the Cathedral dome,
73
; escort of Princess Eleonora of Naples,
121
; Charles VIII enters Florence,
180–90
; Leo X enters
Florence,
221
; Francis I and,
222
; Christine of Lorraine enters Florence,
280
Propaganda Fidt
,
279
Ptolemy,
prop
. Claudius Ptolemaeus,
280
Pucci, Giovanni,
52
Pucci, Lorenzo,
232
Quercia, Jacopo della (
c
. 1367–1438),
70
Quintilian,
prop
. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus,
45
Rangone, Ercole, Cardinal,
235
Raphael,
prop
. Raffaello Sanzio (1483–1520), Leo X and,
229
,
325
; Clement VII and,
240
,
326
;
Madonna del Baldacchino
,
300–1
; his portrait of Julius II,
332
Relics, holy, finger of St John the Baptist,
36
; belonging to the Cathedral,
120
;
Volto Santo
,
305
; Cosimo III’s sacred collection,
305
Renaissance, Council of Florence and,
68
; versatility of artists of,
70
; Brunelleschi’s church of San Lorenzo,
72
René I, Duke of Anjou (1409–80),
85
Renzo da Ceri,
243
Riario, Girolamo, and Sixtus IV,
128
; at Imola,
129
; and the Pazzi Conspiracy,
131
,
132
,
133
; Lorenzo the Magnificent and,
134
,
156
; seeks vengenace on Florence,
148
,
159
; his ambitions,
160
Riario, Raffeele, Cardinal, and the Pazzi Conspiracy,
134–5
,
148
; Lorenzo the Magnificent and,
135
,
140–1
; at Palazzo Medici,
136–7
; and assassination of Giuliano di Piero,
138
; his pallor,
141
; his dinner party,
224
; and Leo X,
232
,
233
,
234
; his palace confiscated,
239
Ricci, House of,
35
Ricci, Sebastiano,
300
Ridolfi family,
321
Ridolfi, Contessina,
née
Medici, Contessina di Lorenzo de’,
115
,
221
Ridolfi, Lorenzo,
247