Gorini, Fioretta, 144, 322
Government, trade guilds and, 25, 26; organization of, 26, 27; Albizzi family control, 32; Ten of War, 42–3, 151; and the Albizzi plot, 49, 50
Accoppiatori, 60–1, 62–3, 104, 191
Balla, 106, 191; and the anti-Medici plot, 50: and the Medici, 58, 216; confirm powers of Accoppiatori, 62–3; Lorenzo the Magnificent admitted to, 125; creates Council of Seventy, 156; after the siege of Florence, 251
Cento, 125
Collegi, 27, 105
Council of Seventy, 156–7
Dodici Procuratori, 157
Confalonieri. office of, 26; dress of, 27; holders of the office of, 30–1, 32, 55, 60; 62, 90, 104, 152, 220, 251; increase in power of, 63; Cosimo Pater Patriae, 66; in procession, 73; Piero di Cosimo, 101; Cesare Petrucci, 138–9; excommunicated, 148; Soderini appointed for life, 210; Capponi appointed for a year, 248–9; a pro-Medicean, 251; abolition of the office, 264
Parlamento, 27, 106, 191, 216
Priori, selection of, 26; dress of, 26–7; prestige, 29; holders of the office, 32, 95, 101, 104: and the anti-Medici plot, 49, 52, 56; in procession, 71, 73; and the Pazzi Conspiracy, 139; and Piero di Lorenzo, 186
Signoria, method of forming, 26; organization, 27; and the 15th century Albizzi-Medici conflict, 32, 42, 49, 52–3, 35–8; manipulation of elections, 60; and foreign affairs, 79; honour Cosimo Pater Palriae, 98; and the Medici, 106, 187; seal of, 109; and the Volterran riots, 126; and ecclesiastical appointments, 130; and the Pope, 148, 149; Lorenzo the Magnificent and, 153; its authority limited, 157; Piero di Lorenzo and, 186; get Medici jewels, 187; Charles VM and, 190; Accoppiatori and, 191; watch the bonfire of vanities, 192; Alexander VI and, 197; and Savonarola, 198, 200; and Cardinal Giovanni, 208; war drains the resources of, 210; and a national militia, 211; and Lorenzo di Piero’s title, 220; abolition of, 264; and the Medici library, 316
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