Originally published in 1970, this book offered a fresh look at the triumph and turmoil of the Renaissance by examining the lives and power of the princes of Italy, who ruled the many independent states and who dominated the society which nurtured the Renaissance painters, sculptors, writers and architects. The book discusses their magnificence, deceit and cruelty, their cultivation and moral corruption and includes specific chapters on Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, Ercole d'Este, Pope Julius II and Sigismondo Malatesta.
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Topic
HistoriaSubtopic
Negocios en generalIndex
Accolti, Bernardo (the Unico Aretino), 273
Adrian VI (Pope), 326
Albergati, Nicolao degli (Cardinal), 49
Alberti, Leon Battista, 34, 156, 161, 191, 288–89
Albizzi, Rinaldo degli, 327
Alexander VI, Pope, 9, 29
alliance of, with Ferrante of Naples, 73
attempt on life of, 125
Baglioni and, 301
Charles of France and, 18–22, 82
death of, 46–47, 219, 268, 338
Giuliano della Rovere (Pope Julius II) and, 9, 337
denunciation of witches by, 46
election of, 337
excommunication of Savonarola by, 213
Guidobaldo da Montefeltro and, 260–61
papacy under, 14, 42, 324
proposal of Borgia-Este marriage by, 215–19
Alfonso I (the Magnanimous, King of Naples), 7, 36, 51–65, 93
feud of, with Pope Calixtus, 60, 65
Sigismondo Malatesta and, 291, 294
war of, against Francesco Sforza, 98, 291
Alfonso II (King of Naples), 7–8, 13–14, 18, 74, 75, 260
abdication of, 19
in Barons’ War, 72, 76
death of, 83
description of, 51, 67
marriage of, 78
in Pazzi Wars, 71–72
reign of, 78–83
in War of Ferrara, 116, 296
Alfonso V (King of Aragon), see Alfonso I
Alfonso (Duke of Bisceglie), 215
Alfonso (Duke of Calabria), see Alfonso II
Alfonso of Portugal (Cardinal), 327
Alidosi, Francesco (Cardinal), 357–59, 361
Allegre, Yves d’, 18
Alviano, Bartolomeo d’, 301
Amboise, Chaumont d’, 355–57
Amboise, Georges d’ (Cardinal), 266, 338
Ancona, March of, 60, 96, 263, 290–91
Andrea, Giovanni, 274–75
Anjou, House of, 35
Anne of Beaujeu, 6
Aragon, House of, 7, 33, 35, 50, 58, 193
collapse of, 73, 78–87
See also Alfonso ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Original Title
- Original Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- I THE BEGINNING OF THE END
- II PRINCES, POTENTATES AND POWERS
- III ALFONSO THE MAGNANIMOUS
- IV FERRANTE, KING OF VILLAINS
- V THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ARAGON
- VI THE MAN WHOM FORTUNE LOVED
- VII ACTS OF MADNESS AND THINGS THAT CANNOT BE WRITTEN
- VIII THE LADY OF FORLI
- IX A PRINCE OF VERY RARE PERFECTION
- X THE GONZAGAS OF MANTUA
- XI FRANCESCO AND ISABELLA
- XII THE ESTE OF FERRARA
- XIII THE CRAFT AND PIETY OF DUKE ERCOLE
- XIV THE ENEMY OF THREE POPES
- XV THE GOOD DUKES OF URB1NO:
- XVI THE EV1LHEADS OF RIMINI
- XVII THE PRINCE OF ALL WICKEDNESS
- XVIII ROBERTO THE MAGNIFICENT
- XIX THE HIGH AND MIGHTY BAGLIONI
- XX THE GREAT BETRAYAL
- XXI DRIVEN BY DESTINY
- XXII THE SONS OF GIANPAOLO
- XXIII THE RENAISSANCE PAPACY
- XXIV THE FOUNDING UNCLE
- XXV THE TERRIBLE POPE
- XXVI LET THE WORLD PERISH PROVIDED I OBTAIN MY WISH
- A GUIDE TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS BOOK
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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