Ab sati, Neri, his villa aous conduct, 72. Acciajuoli, Donato, his character, 152; his fruitless exertions to recall the exiles, ib. Acciajuoli, Agricolo, his quarrel with the Medici, 320; flies to Naples, 328; writes to Piero de' Medici, 329; removes to Rome, ib.; attempts to injure Piero, 330. Achmet, Pasha, in the service of Mahomet II., took Otranto, 379.

Adimari, Antonio, heads a faction at Florence, 98; his conspiracy, 99; knighted by the duke, 100.

Agapito, Pope, solicits Otho to relieve him from the Berengarii, 17; is re-established, 18.

Alans master Spain, 3.

Alaric chosen king of the Visigoths, 2; pillages Rome, ib.

Alberic, duke of Tuscany, chosen leader of the Romans, 17; saves them from the Saracens, ib.

Alberti, family of, recalled from exile, 208. Alberti, Benedetto, his character, 142; excites envy by his splendour and magnificence, 146; banished, 147; his speech, ib. Albizzi, Piero Degli, singular story of, 140. Albizzi, Rinaldo Degli, aspires to the first offices in the government, 164; his speech, ib.; advises a continuance of the war, 165; commissioned to wait upon Giovanni de Medici, 167; deprives Sen. Martino of his office, 169; conducts the expedition against the Volterrani, 176; promotes the war with Lucca, 179; appointed a commissary of the forces against the Lucchese, 180; complaints against him, 183; answers them before the Council of Ten, 184; heads the faction against Cosmo de Medici, 192; imprisons him, 194; rises to depose the Signory, 199; lays down his arms at the instigation of Pope Eugenius, 201; banished by the Signory, ib.; persuades Duke Philip to make war upon the Florentines, 212; performs a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre, 252; his death, ib.

Alboino, king of the Lombards, his conquests, 11; his cruelty and death, ib. Alexander III., Pope, complains to the Emperor Frederick of the anti-pope, 23; excommunicates him, ib.; receives ambassadors from Henry II. on account of Thomas à Becket, 24, receives submissions from Frederick, 25.

Alexander II. restores the authority of the church, 37.

Alidossi, Taddeo Degli, stripped of the city of Imola, by the duke of Milan, 334. Aistolpho, king of the Lombards, made war upon Pope Gregory III., 14; his treaty, 15; dies, ib.

Almachilde induced by Rosamond to murder her husband, 11; flies with her to Longinus, ib.; poisoned by her, 12. Alfonso, king of Arragon, suddenly invades Naples, 209; orders his fleet to attack Gaeta, ib.; taken prisoner and sent to Filippo, ib.; his interview with him, 210; invades the Florentines, 271; retreats, 274; his confederacy with the Venetians, 287; accedes to the peace between the Vene tians, Florentines, the duke of Milan, &c., 297; encourages Jacopo Piccinino to make new disturbances, 298; invades Genoa, 302; his death, ib. Altopascio, battle of, 82.

Alum, a mine of it discovered near Volterra, 341.

Amalasciunta succeeds to the government of Italy, 8; betrayed and put to death, ib. Ammoniti, citizens of Florence incapacitated to fill the magistracy, 112. Andaric, king of the Zepidi, subject to Attila, 4.

Andri, Count d', sent by king Robert to command the Florentines, 77; driven from their city, ib.

Angelo, Giovanmaria, slain by the Milanese,

34.

Anghiari, battle of, 249.

Anghiari, Baldaccio, assassinated by Bartolommeo Orlandini, 262.

Angles, called in by the Britons to assist them, 3.

Annalena retires from the world and founds a convent, 263.

Anziari, twelve citizens of Florence chosen annually to govern the city, 52. Aquila rebels against Naples, 394. Aquilera taken by Attila, 4. Arcadius succeeds Theodosius, 2. Arcolano, a citizen of Volterra, deposes Giusto and murders him, 176. Argiripolo, a celebrated Greek scholar, patronized by Cosmo de' Medici, 314. Astorre, son of Galeotto, taken under the protection of the Fiorentines upon be murder of his father, 400.

Astolphus marries Placidia and succeeds Al-
aric, 3.

Atalaric, grandson of Theodoric, his death,

8.

Attendulo, Micheletto, made general of the
Florentine league, 258.

Attila, king of the Huns, becomes very
powerful, 4; reduces Andaric and Vela-
mir, ib.; takes Aquileia, ib. advances to
Rome and dies, 4.

Augustulus, son of Orestes, obtains the Ro-
man empire, 5.

Auxiliaries, reflections on the employment
of them, 447-450.

Avignon, given by Joan of Naples to the
church, 39.

Avitus chosen Roman Emperor, 5.

Balia, a temporary council at Florence,

123.

Barbadoro endeavours to ruin Cosmo de'
Medici, 189.

Barbarossa, Frederick, emperor of Germany,
his character, 23; excommunicated by the
pope, ib.; marches to besiege Rome, ib.;
driven back by the plague, 24; submits to
the pope, 25; his death, ib.
Bardi, Alessandra de', married to Raffaelto,
is ill-treated and her fortune adjudged to
be returned, 320.
Battista, head of the Canneschi, murdered
by the populace, 265.

Belgrade beseiged by the Turks, 299.
Belisarius commands the expedition against
the Vandals, 9; his conquests, ib.; re-
called by Justinian, ib.; his conduct in
Italy, ib.

Bella, Giano della, a Florentine patriot,
encourages a reformation of the city, 61;
goes into voluntary exile, 62.

Benchi, a Florentine, excluded from the
Signory, and joins Piero degli Albizzi,
113.

Benedict XII., Pope, his fears of the Em-
peror Louis, 37.

Benevento seized by Alfonso, 260.
Bentivogli, Annibale, killed by Battista
Canneschi, 265.

Berengarius created king of Italy, 17; de-
feats the Huns, ib.

Bertacca, his cruelty to a young gentleman,

65.

Britons send to the Angles for assistance
3; possess themselves of Brittany, ib.
Brunelleschi, Filippo, a Florentine archi-
tect, attempts to lay Lucca under water,
185; his failure, ib.

Buondelmonti, story of, 50; murdered at Flo
rence, 51.

Burgundians overrun Gaul, 3.

Calabria, duke of, pouts the Florentines at
Poggibonzi, 373; remains at Sienna in
spite of the peace, 378; his conduct there,
379; ravages the pope's dominions, 384;
defeated by the Papal troops, 386.
Calixtus III, Pope, endeavours to raise
a crusade against the Turks, 299; his death,
302.

Campaldino, battle of, 60.

Cancellarii, quarrel in the family of, 65.
Candia ceded to the Venetians by the
French, 36.

Cane, Fazino, leaves his wife heir to his
riches, and procures her marriage with
Filippo Visconti, 43.

Canneschi, family of, raise an insurrection
at Bologna and kill Annibale Bentivogli,
265.

Cannetto, Batista, applies for aid to Duke
Filippo and the pope, 205.

Cannon used in the war between the Geno-
ese and Venetians, 39.

Capponi, Neri, his speech to the Venetian
senate, 231; his answer to Count Poppi's
address, 253.

Caravaggio besieged by Count Sforza, 275;
Venetians defeated there, 276.
Cardinals, their origin, 16.
Cardona, Ramondo di, leader of the Floren-
tines, 82; defeated and slain by Castruccio,
ib.

Carmignuola, Francesco, appointed captain-
general of the league between the Vene-
tians and Florentines, 171.
Catasto, a new tax at Florence, 171.
Castiglionchio, Lapo da, a captain of the

Guelph faction at Florence, urges the
choice of Salvestro de' Medici as Gonfa
lonier, 120; his house sacked and burnt,
123; takes refuge in Santa Croce, ib.; de-
clared a rebel, 124,

Castracani, Castruccio, succeeds Uguccione
in the government of Lucca and Pisa,
79; heads the Ghibellines in Tuscany, ib.;
attacks the Prato, ib.; retreats to Lucca,
ib.; takes Pistoia and awes the Floren-
tines, 82; defeats them, ib.; is checked
by Charles, duke of Calabria, 83; seizes
Pisa, and regains Pistoia, 84; his death,
ib.

Caterina, natural daughter of the duke of
Milan, married to Count Girolamo, 334.
Celestino resigns the pontificate to Boni-
face VIII., 20.

Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, applied
to by Pope Theodore I., for aid against

Desiderio, 15; made emperor of the west,
ib.; re-organizes the states of Italy, 16;
creates his son Pepin king of Italy, ib.
Charles of Anjou called by the pope into
Italy, 55; defeats Manfred, ib.
Charles, duke of Burgundy, promises Pope
Pius his assistance against the Turks,
318; appointed one of the generals, ib.
Charles VII. of France is offered the state
of Genoa, 301; accepts it and sends
John of Anjou to take possession, ib.
Charles, duke of Calabria, offered the go-
vernment of Florence, 83; enters the city
and checks Castruccio, ib.; returns to
Naples, 84; his death, ib.

Ciarpellone deserts from Count Sforza, 258.
Cignano, siege of, 258.

Cimbri, subdued by Marius, 2.

Clarice, daughter of the family of the Ur-
sini, married to Lorenzo, son of Piero de'
Medici, 333.

Clement VI., Pope, appoints the jubilee to
take place every 50th year, 88.
Clefis chosen king of the Lombards, 12; his
conquests and death, ib.

Clothier, a, makes an inflammatory speech at
Florence, 128.

Cocchi, Donato, endeavours to assemble
the people without the consent of Cosmo
de' Medici, 309; ridiculed till he becomes
deranged, ib.

Coglione, Bernardo, appointed general of
Florentines, 331; his success, ib.; retired
to Ravenna, 332.

Cola, Montano, forms a conspiracy against
Galeazzo, duke of Milan, 347.
Colonnesi, quarrels between them and the
Orsini, 389.

Corradino, lawful son of the king of Naples,

28; collects an army against Charles of
Anjou, but is defeated and slain, 29.
Constantinople, the empire of, falls into
hands of Zeno, 5.

Corneto, Giovanni Vitelleschi da, appointed

to command the forces of the church,
239; suspected of betraying the pope, 241;
his death, ib.

Corzano, castle of, saved by Antonio Gual-
andi 295.

Crema taken by the Venetians, 281.
Crusade, an account of, 22.

Cyprus, Island of, dispute concerning it be-
tween the king of Naples and the Vene-
tians, 345.

pope, 68; disputes with the Cerchi, 69,
exasperated at being excluded from the
government, 71; accuses several citizens,
ib.; remains unarmed during tumults,
72; cited to appear before the pope, 73;
returns to Florence and marries a daugh
ter of Uguccione, 74; accused of rebel
lion, 75; fortifies his house, ib.; his
death, 76.

Drama, curious historical one, 321.
Drusiana, natural daughter of Sforza, mar
ried to Jacopo Piccinino, 317.
Durazzo, Charles of, raises a powerful army
to invade Naples and alarms the Floren-
tines, 130; receives forty thousand ducats
from them, 141; sends Queen Giovanna
a prisoner to Hungary, ib.; requires the
assistance of the Florentines against
Louis of Anjou, 145; takes possession of
Hungary, 146; his death, ib.

Eastern empire ruined in the time of He-
raclius, 14.

Egidio sent to Italy by Pope Innocent II.,
39; his success there, ib.
Elizabeth, daughter of Alfonso, married to
Giovan Galeazzo, 334.

England, called so by the Angles, 3.
Este, the house of, become lords of Ferrara,
27.

Eudosia, widow of the Emperor Valenti-
nian, forced to marry Maximus, 4; per-
suades Genseric to invade Italy, 5.
Eugenius II., Pope, driven from Rome, re-
tires to Florence, 205; makes an igno-
minious peace with Count Sforza, ib.
seeks the aid of the Venetians and Flo
rentines, 205; regains his dominions,
206; compels the duke of Milan to sue
for peace, 207; leaves Florence and goes
to Bologna, 215; quarrel between him
and Count Poppi, 224; deluded by Picci-
nino, he sends him five thousand ducats,
227; loses all his towns in Bologna, ib.
Ezelin, commander of the Ghibellines, 27;
causes twelve thousand Padusans to be
put to death, 28; slain, ib.

Faggiuola, Uguccione della, marries his
daughter to Corso Donati, 74; advances
as far as Remoli to assist his son-in-law,
76; masters Pisa, and afterwards Lucca,
77; loses them, 79.

Fedini, Niccolo, discovers a conspiracy to
Piero de Medici, 323.

Desiderio, a Lombard, duke of Tuscany,
takes up arms to secure the kingdom, 15;
defeated by Charlemagne, ib.

Dovadola, Borgo of, burnt by Bartolommeo
Coglione, 331.

Donati, Corso, the head of the family, 66; laid
the grievances of his party before the

Tuscany, 290; his proceedings against
Fojano and Chiane, 291; succeeds Al-
fonso as king of Naples, 302; routed by
John of Anjou, 304; defeats John, ib.;
recovers his kingdom, 316; takes Picol-
nino into his service, 317; puts him to
death, ib.; enters into a new conspiracy
with Piero de' Medici's enemies, 331
sends his son Alfonso to their aid, ib.

makes peace with Lorenzo de' Medici,
377; leagues with the Florentines, duke
of Milan, and Bolognese, 383; sends the
duke of Calabria across the Tronto, ib.;
his forces harass the pope's territories,
ib.; threatened on all sides, and has re-
course to the Florentines and the duke of
Milan for assistance, 395; victorious, and
concludes a peace with the pope, ib.
Ferrara, siege of, 386.

Fesole, citizens of, appoint a market-place,
48.

Platterers to be avoided by princes, 478.
Filippo, Visconti, sole lord of Lombardy,

159; desires to recover Genoa, ib.; treaty
with the Florentines, 160; breaks it by
taking Brescia and Genoa, ib.; war with
the Florentines, 161; routs them, 162;
peace concluded by a mediation of the
pope, 173; breaks it and is defeated, ib.;
passes through Lucca, 185; makes peace
with the league, 204; promises his na-
tural daughter to Sforza, 205; attacks the
church, ib.; the Neapolitans ask his as-
sistance, 209; Alfonso taken prisoner,
ib.; liberates him, ib.; betrayed by Spi-
nola, 211; league against him, 213; sends
Piccinino to recover Genoa, 214; Picci-
nino defeated, 216; desires Sforza to
make peace, 222; the treaty, 223; resolves
to take Romagna, 226: his excuses for
Piccinino, 228; sends thirty thousand
florins to Sforza, ib.; resolves to attack
Tuscany, 238; proposes a peace with
Sforza, 256; exasperated with Piccinino,
258; marries his daughter to Sforza, 259.
Florence, origin of, 48; its early divisions,
50; Guelph and Ghibelline factions, 51;
institutions of the Anziani and Podesta,
52; reform of the state, 56; fresh com-
motions, ib.; re-modelled by the Guelphs,
57; the Credenza and Buoni Uomini
appointed, ib.; the city excommunicated
by Gregory X., 58; the government re-
formed by the citizens, 59; institution of
priors and Signory, 60; discords between
the people and nobility, 61; both parties
admonished, 63; another reform, 64;
quarrel amongst the Cancellieri, 66;
Charles of Valois made governor, 69;
new troubles occasioned by Corso Donati,
71; fomented by the Guinigi, 72; fire de-
stroys seventeen hundred houses, ib.;
Corso Donati condemned as a rebel, 75;
fresh divisions, 77; tyranny and cruelty
of Lando d'Agobbio, 78; success of Cas-
truccio Castracani, 79; council of the
Signory to last forty months, 81; election
of the magistrates by emborsation, ib.;
Ramondi di Cardona, general of the Flo-
rentine army, 82; his defeat and death,
ib.; duke of Athens governor of Florence,
83; duke of Calabria's entry, ib.; death
of Castruccio and the duke of Calabria,
84; government re-modelled, ib.; new

disturbances, 86; an engagement between
the factions prevented, 87; Lucca sold to
the Florentines, 89; lost it to the Pisans.
ib.; duke of Athens made governor of
Florence, 90; speech of one of the Signory
to him, 92; his reply, 94; made sovereign
of the people, ib.; his violent proceedings,
95; Matteo di Morozzo discovers a plot
against him, 97; three conspiracies formed,
ib.; insurrection, 99; the duke expelled,
101; his character, 102; another reform,
103; the nobility deprived of their offices,
104; bold attempt of Andrea Strozzi, 105;
proceedings between the people and no-
bility, 106; another reform, 107; plague,
108; enmities between the Albizzi and
Ricci, 110; origin of the Ammoniti, 112;
speech of a citizen to the Signory, 113;
another reformation, 117; eight citizens
appointed commissioners of war, 119;
conspiracy of the Guelphs defeated, 121;
speech of Salvestro de' Medici, 122; in-
stitution of the balia, 123; another re-
formation, 124; speech of Luigi Guicciar-
dini, 125; new disturbances, 127; ple
beians arise in arms, 128; their demands,
133; Michele de Lando their leader, 135;
made Gonfalonier, ib.; quells the plebeians,
137; apprehensive of a conspiracy, 139;
story of Piero degli Albizzi, 140; govern.
ment re-modelled, 144; Michele di Lando
banished, 145; Florentines terrified by
Charles of Durazzo, ib.; Benedetto Al-
berti banished, ib.; his speech, 147;
speech of Veri de Medici, 150; Donato
Acciajuoli banished, 152; conspiracy de-
feated, 153; the Medici regain their in-
fluence, 160; duke of Milan enters into a
treaty with the Florentines, 159; breaks
it, ib.; defeats the Florentines, 162;
Rinaldo degli Albizzi quiets their cla-
mours, 163; Uzano's opinion, 166; try to
bring over Giovanni de' Medici, 167; his
answer to Rinaldi, ib., factions of Uzano
and Medici, 169; fidelity and courage of
Biazzio, ib.; Florentines league with the
Venetians, 171; new taxation called
catasto, ib.; death of Giovanni de' Medici,
174; insurrection of Volterra, 176; war
with Lucca, 177; complaints against Ri-
naldo, 183; project of Brunelleschi, 184;
Florentines defeated by Piccinino, 187,
league with the Lucchese, 188; character
and greatness of Cosmo de' Medici, ib.;
excites jealousy, 189; his banishment,
195; Rinaldo degli Albizzi endeavours to
depose the Signory, 199; lays down his
arms at the instigation of Pope Euge
nius IV., 200; banished, 201; Cosmo re-
called, 202; state of Florence, 203; go
vernment remodelled, 208; council of
Florence, 225.

Flurentia, original name of Florence, 49.
Fojano, fortress of, 290.
Fortebraccio, Niccolo, sent by the Floren