The Venetians: A New History: from Marco Polo to Casanova (56 page)

brief references,
45
,
47
,
56
,
174
,
209
,
213
,
241
,
249

Cyrillius, St,
34
and n

and n Cythera,
298

Dalmatia,
33
,
44
,
45
,
56
,
60
,
68
,
80
,
81
,
82
,
135
,
202
,
209
,
243
,
244
,
252
,
298

Damascus,
140

Damat Ali, Grand Vizier,
295

Damietta,
157

Dandolo, Andrea, Doge of Venice,
32–3
,
34
,
36–7

Dandolo, Admiral Andrea,
9
,
10
,
11

Dandolo, Giovanni,
38–9

Dandolo, Leonardo,
45

Dandolo, Nicolò,
201
,
202
,
203

Dante Alighieri,
27
,
224

Inferno
,
27

Da Ponte, Lorenzo,
314–20
,
326
,
331

Così fan tutti
(libretto),
319

Don Giovanni
(libretto),
319
,
320
,
326

The Marriage of Figaro
(libretto),
319

Dardanelles,
252
,
297

Battle of the,
253

see also
Hellespont

Davanzo, Pietro,
100–1

Delos,
28

Demetrios (Cypnot aide),
166–7

Denmark,
246

Descartes, René,
275

Dias, Bartolomeu,
174

Diedo, Alviso,
111

Doge’s Palace, Venice

dispute between Isarello and Dandolo in,
39

and conspiracy of Falier and Ghiazzi,
40
,
41
,
42

painting of Contanni’s triumphant arrival,
67

Carmagnola in,
94–5

banquet at,
118

incriminating evidence against Jacopo Foscan in,
120
,
121

Doge Francesco Foscari retreats into,
123

Doge Foscari escorted from,
124

Doge Foscari’s body laid out in,
125

Caterina Cornaro married by proxy in,
142
,
143

Rizzo di Marino held in,
158

Rizzo di Marino demands to be executed outside,
160

Titian commissioned to complete series of paintmgs in,
179

Spanish Plot to storm and seize,
244

Bruno’s trial in,
266

and gambling,
302

Casanova’s imprisonment and escape,
327–9

brief references,
62
,
152
,
180
,
213
,
311

rooms:

Camera dell’Armamento,
39

Great Council Chamber,
39
,
67
,
118
,
142
,
179

Hall of the Council of Ten,
266

The Leads (
Il Prombi
),
327–8
,
329

Orba prison,
95

Salle delle Quattro Porte,
94

Dolfin, Giovanni,
123
,
124
,
125

Dominici, Giovanni, Archbishop of Ragusa,
75–6
,
78

Don, River,
16

Donato, Ermolao,
121

Donizetti, Gaetano:
Caterina Cornaro
,
169–70

Doria, Giovanni,
35–6

Dona, Admiral Giovanni Andrea,
198
,
199
,
201
,
202
,
209
,
210
,
211–12

Dona, Admiral Lamba,
9
,
10
,
30

Dona, Admiral Luciano,
58
,
59
,
60

Dona, Paganino,
30
,
34
,
35–6
,
54
,
56

Dona, Pietro,
60
,
61
,
66

Doria family,
30
see also
names of individuals

Dresden,
286
,
319
,
322
,
326

Dumas, Alexandre,
329

Durer, Albrecht,
184

Dux,
329

Edward I, King of England,
12

Edward III, King of England,
19

Egypt,
15
,
18
,
28
,
144
,
150
,
153–4
,
155
,
156
,
157
,
158
,
159
,
161
,
162
,
164
,
174
,
175
,
201

Eleanor of Aragon, Duchess of Ferrara,
165–6

Elizabeth I, Queen of England,
249

Elton, Charles and Mart,
51

England/Britain,
24
,
53
,
78
,
79
,
171
,
176
,
200
,
238
,
242
,
262
,
263
,
312
,
313
,
316
see also
London

Engronland,
14–15

Enlightenment,
246

Erasmus,
184
,
263

Estotiland,
15

Euclid:
Elements
,
190

Eugene, illegitimate child of James II of Cyprus,
146
,
148
,
150

Eugene of Savoy, Prince,
296
,
298

Euphrasian Basilica, Parenzo,
34

explorers,
5–9
,
11–17
,
174

Fabregues, Louis, Archbishop of Nicosia,
149
,
150
,
156

Fabncius, Hieronymus,
260
,
261
,
262

Falier (
née
Gradenigo), Aloica, dogaressa of Venice,
38
,
42
,
44

Falier, Marin, Doge of Venice,
37–42
,
43
,
44
,
70

Fallopius, Gabnele,
260

Famagusta,
52
,
55
,
146
,
147
,
148
,
150
,
164
,
203–5
,
206
,
209
,
210
,
212

Castle,
163–4

Cathedral of St Nicholas,
146
,
149

Ferrante I, King of Naples,
139
,
144
,
149
,
150
,
156
,
166

Ferrari, Ludovico,
195

Ferro, Scipione del,
191
,
196

Fieschi, Luigi de’,
57
and n

finance,
17–20
,
44–5
,
134
,
197
,
304–5

Fior, Antonio,
191–2
,
196

Flangini, Admiral Ludovico,
297
,
298

Florence

gold florin,
17
,
19

banks,
17
,
19

and slaves,
29

exerts pressure on King Ladislas of Naples,
78

plays role in engineering election of Pope Alexander V,
78

‘Party of the Land’ favours alliance with,
82

signs agreement with Venice,
86

signs Peace of Lodi,
131

assassination plot against ruler of
139

Bianca Capello in,
227–30

Galileo in,
269

Galileo warned not to return to,
271

Galileo accepts post at court in,
274

opera invented in,
277–8

brief references,
73
,
79
,
85
,
175
,
184
,
260
,
327

Fondacio del Tedeschi, Venice,
74
and n,
179

Fontana, Niccolò
see
Tartaglia

Foreign Office, London,
313

Foscari, Francesco, Doge of Venice,
83–4
,
86
,
88
,
90–1
,
92
,
95
,
115–16
,
117
,
119
,
120
,
121
,
122
,
123–5
,
126

Foscari, Jacopo,
116–23
,
124

Foscarini, Andrea (Zuanne Cocco),
220–1

Fourth Genoese War
see
War of Chioggia

France

Genoa falls to,
68

in League of Cambrai,
171

Carlo Goldoni in,
290–1

John Law and the economy of,
304–5

and War of Austrian Succession,
312

revolutionary ideas in,
316–17

revolution in,
320–1
,
330
,
331
,
332

Casanova banished from,
327

Casanova escapes to,
329

demands expulsion of Louis XVIII from Verona,
330–1

Bonaparte’s army in Italy,
330–1

conflict with Venice,
332–3

fall of Venice to,
333

brief references,
53
,
75
,
78
,
79
,
224
,
242
,
245
,
246
,
254

see also
Avignon; Paris

Francis I, King of France,
185

Francis II, Emperor,
330
,
331
,
332

Franco, Veronica,
223–6

Letteri familiari a diversi
,
226

Terze Rima
,
224–5
,
225–6

Frankfurt,
265

Book Fair,
264
and n

Fraschia,
48

Frederick the Great,
312
,
327

French North America,
304–5

French Revolution,
320–1
,
330
,
331
,
332

Gaidouromsi,
48

Galen,
260–1
,
262
,
269

Galilei, Galileo,
187
,
188
,
190
,
269–75

Sidereus Nuncius
,
274

Galilei, Vincenzo,
277–8

Gama, Vasco da,
174

Gamba, Marina,
271–2
,
274

Gambia, River,
139

gambling,
193
,
234–5
,
300–3
,
305–6
,
325

Gasparo (servant of Jacopo Fascari),
120

Gatten, G.L.,
143

Gazzetta
,
275
,
300

Geneva,
17
,
154
,
263
,
304

Genoa

expansion of Venetian enterprise spurred on by competition with,
6

poses threat to expansion of Venetian trade,
9

attacks Venetian colony in Constantinople,
9

conflict with Venice (1298),
9–11

Marco Polo take prisoner by,
11

trade-inspired expeditions,
16–17

currency,
17

slump in trade,
19

and plague,
25

and slave trade,
28

victory at Battle of the Bosphorus,
30–1

defeated at Alghero,
31

impact of defeat on,
31–2

forced to sign ‘treaty’ with Milan,
32

renewed conflict with Venice,
33–6

signs peace treaty with Venice,
44

increasing tensions between Venice and,
52–3

at war with Venice (War of Chioggia),
55–68

and peace conference at Turin,
68

falls to the French,
68

Carmagnola becomes governor of,
85

Carmagnola stripped of his post in,
85

and the siege of Constantinople,
102–3
,
110
,
111

James II of Cyprus sends envoys to,
144

brief references,
15
,
17–18
,
37
,
47
,
48
,
73
,
75
,
91
,
114
,
140
,
175
,
176
,
198
,
199
,
288

George II, King of England,
322

Gergy, Comte de,
307

Germany,
18
,
53
,
180
,
309

Gerona,
32

Ghana,
18

Ghetto Nuova, Venice,
231

Ghetto Vecchio/Old Ghetto,
231
,
236

Ghiazza, Stefano,
39–40

Gibbon, Edward,
80

Giblet, Tristan de,
156
,
157
,
158
,
159

Giblet, Vera de,
151
,
156
,
157

Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli),
177–9
,
180
,
297
,
309

The Tempest
,
178

The Three Philosophers
,
178–9

Giovanna, Queen of Sicily and Jerusalem,
47

Girò, Anna,
284
,
285

Giudecca (formerly Spinalunga),
24–5
,
63