The Venetians: A New History: from Marco Polo to Casanova (55 page)

Campagna della Calza,
117

Campanile, Venice,
61
,
135
,
231
,
272
,
311
,
313

Campo di Fiore, Rome,
268

Campofregoso, Domenico di,
57

Canal, Bernard,
310

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal),
185
,
219
,
310–13

The Return of the Bucintoro to the Molo on Ascension Day
,
311

The Stonemason’s Yard
,
310

Canareggio district, Venice,
231

Canary Islands,
16
,
33

Candia,
45
,
46
,
47–8
,
61
,
77
,
122
,
252
,
253–4

Cathedral,
45

Canea,
251
,
252

Canton River,
174

Capello, Bianca,
227–30

Capello family,
229

Cape Matapan,
298

Cape of Good Hope,
174
,
176
,
241

Cape Verde Islands,
139

Capitol, Rome,
32

Ca’ Polo (later known as Corte Milione), Venice,
6
,
8–9

Capri,
200

Cardano, Fazio,
193

Cardano, Girolamo,
192–6
,
215
,
301
and n

Ars Magna
,
196

Carla, illegitimate child of James II of Cyprus,
146
,
148
,
149
,
150
,
154

Carmagnola (Francesco Bussom),
84–96
,
126
,
127
,
131
,
132

Carnival,
219
,
299
,
315–16

banquet,
38
,
42

Carrara, Francesco da,
51
,
56
,
60
,
64
,
66
,
73

Carrara family,
69

Carretto, Francesco, Marchese del,
57

Casale Monferrato,
256

Casalmaggiore,
87
,
88

Casanova, Gaetano,
322

Casanova, Zanetta,
288
,
322

Casanova de Seingalt, Giacomo,
288
,
300
,
315
,
318
,
319
,
320
,
322–30
,
331

Caspian Sea,
9
,
16–17

Castelfranco,
177

Castello district, Venice,
6
,
9
,
27
,
40
,
307

Castel Sant’ Angelo, Rome,
267

Catalogo di tutti le principal et ptù honorate corttgmnt di Venizia, Il
,
223

Caterina, Queen of Cyprus (Caterina Cornaro),
141–51
,
152
,
153
,
156–7
,
158
,
159
,
161–70
,
171
,
177

Catherine the Great,
327

Catholic Church,
46
,
75
,
115
,
188
,
237
,
240
,
269
,
317
see also
names of popes

Cattaro,
58
,
60

Catullus,
225

Caucasus, the,
28

Cavalcabò, Ugolino,
93
,
127

Ca’ Vemer, Venice,
225

Cervantes, Miguel de,
212
,
213

Chania,
45
,
46
,
48

Charles III, King of Spam,
309

Charles IV of Bohemia, later Holy Roman Emperor,
32
,
53
and n

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor,
185
,
198
,
199
,
233

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor,
285
,
286
,
296
,
312

Charlotte, Queen (deposed) of Cyprus,
140–1
,
149
,
151–2

Chian,
90

China,
9
,
12–14
,
14n
,
15
,
16n
,
18
,
61
,
140
,
174
,
276

Chinazzo, Daniele di,
59
,
62

Chioggia,
37
,
60
,
61
,
63–4
,
65–7
,
68

Chios,
35
,
100
,
107
,
256
,
257

Church of England,
237

Cilicia,
140
,
155

Cipnana, Donna,
220

Ciotto (bookseller),
266

Citadella,
167

Clement V Pope,
53

Clement VI, Pope,
25

Clement VII, Pope (Giulio de’ Medici)

as Cardinal Giuho de’ Medici,
183

as Pope,
183
,
185

Clement VIII, Pope,
267
,
268

Clement XIII, Pope,
327

Cocco, Zuanne
see
Foscarim, Andrea

coffee houses,
300
,
315

College of Physicians, Milan,
193

Colleom, Bartolomeo,
126–34
,
134–5
,
176

Colleoni, Paolo,
126

Colonna, Marcantomo,
209

Columbus, Christopher,
15
and n,
16n

Comédie-Française, Paris,
290

Conio, Nicoletta,
288–9

Constance, Council of,
80

Constantine XI, Emperor,
97
,
98
,
99
,
100
,
101
,
103
,
104
,
106
,
107–8
,
110
,
112

Constantinople

the Polos pass through,
8

the Genoese attack Venetian colony in,
9

and plague,
23
,
24

Carlo Zeno tries to rescue John V Palaeologus in,
55

falls to the Ottomans,
97–113
,
115
,
122

Bartolomeo Marcello sent to negotiate agreement with Mehmet II,
113

Mehmet II agrees to let Venetians re-establish trading colony in,
114
,
135

Gentile Bellini in,
136–8
,
177

name,
136n

aggressive incidents against Venetian traders in,
201

skin of Marcantionio Bragadm carried in triumph to,
205

Uluch All returns to,
213

Sabbatai Zevi taken to,
239

Safiye in,
248–9

only a few Venetian tradmg agents remain in,
249

news of Venetian blockade of Dardanelles reaches,
252

and coffee,
300

brief references,
11
,
46
,
54
,
61
,
64
,
134
,
175
,
250
,
251
,
255
,
256
,
301
,
326

Contarini, Andrea, Doge of Venice,
61
,
62–3
,
64
,
67
,
69

Contarini, Fedengo,
94

Contanni, Giacomo,
118
,
119

Contarim, Leonardo,
117

Contarim, Lucrezia,
116
,
117
,
118

Contarini family,
116
,
119
see also
names of individuals

Copernicus, Nicolaus,
187–8
,
260
,
262–3
,
269
,
272
,
274

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
,
188

Corfu,
24
,
33
,
112
,
198
,
199
,
209
,
213
,
248
,
295–7

Cornaro, Andrea,
141
,
147
,
148
,
149

Cornaro, Caterma
see
Caterma, Queen of Cyprus

Cornaro, Giorgio,
162–3
,
165
,
168

Cornaro, Marco,
141
,
153
,
163

Cornaro, Pietro,
54–5

Cornaro family,
141
,
163
,
169
see also
names of individuals

Coron,
254

Corone,
35
,
36

Correr, Angelo
see
Gregory XII, Pope

Corsair pirates,
248

Corte Milione (formerly Ca’ Polo), Venice,
6
,
8–9

Cossa, Cardinal
see
John XXIII, Pope

Council of Constance,
80

Council of Forty,
38
,
69

Council of Pisa,
77
,
78
,
79
,
93–4

Council of Ten

laws on dress,
5

and Mann Falier,
37
,
40
,
41

Carlo Zeno stripped of office and sentenced by,
69

and Carmagnola,
88
,
93–4

sends galleys to Constantinople,
99

and the Foscans,
116
,
119–20
,
121
,
122
,
123

convinced by Colleoni’s plan for relief of Brescia,
128
,
129

and statue of Colleoni,
133–4

and financial problems,
134

hears reports of negotiations by James II of Cyprus,
144

growing power of,
152
,
153
,
154

and spies,
154
,
275
,
321
,
327

learns of Rizzo di Marino’s plan,
154
,
157

deals with Rizzo di Marino,
159–60

and Queen Caternia (Caternia Cornaro),
161
,
163
,
165–6
,
167
,
168
,
169

makes enquiries about cause of explosion and fire at Arsenale,
200–1

and Bianca Capello,
227
,
230

more executive power transferred to,
242

and Spanish Plot,
244

and the tension between liberalism and repression,
275
,
276

increasingly repressive,
299
,
321
,
331

imposes development of ‘cells’ in public establishments,
300

sentences Lorenzo Da Ponte to exile,
319

and Casanova,
327

indecisive foreign policy,
332

brief references,
1
,
2

Counter-Reformation,
240n
,
266

courtesans,
222–6

Cracow, University of,
187

Crawford, Francis Marion,
206

Cremona,
89
,
91
,
92
,
93
,
127
,
277
,
280

Crete

plague spreads to,
24

slaves in,
28

revolt in,
45–9

Vettore Pisani in,
55

Jacopo Foscari exiled to,
122
,
123

conflict between Venice and Ottomans over,
249–50
,
251–2
,
253–4

Venice loses last remaining outposts in,
295

brief references,
19
,
34
,
64
,
77
,
79
,
202
,
213
,
241
,
256
,
298

Crimea,
22
,
31
,
138

Cromwell, Oliver,
238

currency,
17
,
18
,
19
,
197
see also
paper money

Curzola,
33

Battle of,
10–11
,
16
,
19

Cydades,
114

Cyprus

Venice has preferential trading rights with,
19

and slaves,
28

coronation of King Peter II,
52

Genoa gains control of,
52

Venice accepts prevailing Genoese control of,
68

importance for commerce between Europe and eastern Mediterranean,
140

Lusignan dynasty of,
140

James II becomes ruler of,
140–1

agrees alliance with Venice,
141

marriage by proxy between Caterina Cornaro and James II,
141–2
,
143

James II engaged in widespread diplomatic activity,
144

Venetian Senate sends letter to James II,
144–5

Caterina departs for,
145

Caterina’s life with James II in,
146–7

presence of Mocenigo’s fleet causes concern in,
147

James II limits activities of Venetian fleet in,
147–8

death of James II in,
148–9

situation after death of James II,
150–1
,
153–61

pressure on Caterina to abdicate,
161–3

Caterma signs letter of abdication,
163–4

departure of Caterina from,
164

Caterma allowed to keep title of Queen of,
164

Venice maintains fiction that Caterina is ruler of,
166

Ottomans gam control of,
200
,
201–5