The History of Florence: And of the Affairs of Italy : from the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent : Together with The Prince, and Various Historical Tracts

G. Bell, 1894 - 522 pages

Irruption of northern people upon the Roman territoriesVisi	1

The pontiffs in ItalyPepin king of FranceCharlemagne	13

Guelphs and Ghibellines Kingdom of NaplesPope Urban	19

The house of Este Frederick II NaplesGuelphs	26

The emperor Henry in ItalyThe duchy of MilanThe	32

Schism in the churchBoniface IX Council of PisaOf	40

BOOK II	46

Florence in the power of NaplesFarinata degli Uberti	52

BOOK V	202

Death of Giovanna II René of Anjou and Alfonso of Arra	209

The Florentines go to war with LuccaDiscorse of a citizen	217

New wars in ItalyNiccolo Piccinino deceives the pope	225

Francesco Sforza marches to assist the VenetiansThe Vene	233

The pope assists the FlorentinesNiccolo Piccinino in Tus	240

Brescia relieved by SforzaPiccinino is recalled into Lom	248

BOOK VI	254

The Signory createdThe Gonfalonier of Justice created	59

The Cerchi and the DonatiOrigin of Biancha and Nera	65

Restless conduct of Corso DonatiWar with Uguccione deila	73

War with CastruccioThe Squittini establishedRaymond	79

The duke of Athens requires to be made prince of Florence	91

Many cities and territories subject to the Florentines rebel	102

Domestic discords of republicsRome and FlorenceThe	108

War against the popes legateThe Capitani di ParteSal	118

Measures adopted by the magistrates to effect a pacification	124

Proceedings of the plebeiansThey insist that the Signory	131

New regulations for elections of the SignoryConfusion in	138

Maso degli AlbizziVeri de MediciConspiracy supported	149

BOOK IV	157

Rinaldo degli AlbizziRestoration of the GrandiNiccolo	163

Death of Giovanni de MediciInsurrection of Volterra	174

Seravezza appeals to the SignoryFilippo Brunelleschi	181

Cosmo de MediciHis greatness excites jealousyNiccolo	188

Cosmo banished to PaduaNew disturbances occasioned	195

Baldaccio dAnghiari murderedSforza and PiccininoDeath	262

Death of Filippo ViscontiMilan becomes a republicThe	269

The counts successesLeague of the Venetians and Milanese	277

Prosecution of the war between the count and the Milanese	284

Conspiracy of Stefano Porcari against the papal government	292

Christendom alarmed by the progress of the TurksThe	299

BOOK VII	305

Niccolo Soderini drawn Gonfalonier of JusticeReform	323

War between the Venetians and the FlorentinesPeace	331

Corruption of FlorenceThe duke of Milan in FlorenceThe	338

Animosity between Sixtus IV and Lorenzo de MediciCon	352

Giuliano de Medici slainLorenzo escapes	359

The Florentines prepare for war against the popeThe Flo	367

The duke of Calabria routs the Florentine army at Poggi	373

Affairs of the popeHe is reconciled to Niccolo VitelliThe	388

The pope becomes attached to the FlorentinesThe Geno	396

Different kinds of principalitiesOf hereditary principalitiesOf mixed	407

APPENDIX1 Savonarola2 Murder of Vitellozzo Vitelli	512

Title	The History of Florence: And of the Affairs of Italy : from the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent : Together with The Prince, and Various Historical Tracts Bohn's standard library
Author	Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher	G. Bell, 1894
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	17 Mar 2008
Length	522 pages

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