DANTE ALEGHIERI.
DANTE ALEGHIERI.
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His Descent
1
His Birth
1265.
2
His Mother's Dream
3
Brunetto Latini
4
Story of his early Love for Beatrice
6
Her Death
1290.
7
"Vita Nuova"
7
Uncertain Traditions concerning the early Part of Dante's Life
9
His Marriage with Madonna Gemma
10
The Guelfs and Ghibelines
13
The Battle of Campaldino
1289.
14
Dante serves in the Cavalry
14
Extract from his Inferno, Canto XXII., giving an Account, ofthis Conflict
15
He again takes the Field at the Siege of Caprona
15
Extract from the Inferno, Canto XXI.
15
He is chosen chief Prior of his native City
16
Origin of the Schism between the Bianchi and the Neri
17
The Cerchi and the Donati
18
Banishment of the principal Instigators of the Neri and theBianchi
19
Dante suspected of favouring the Bianchi Party
20
He vindicates himself
20
Entrance of Charles into Florence
20
The Recal of the Neri
20
Six Hundred of the Bianchi driven into Exile
21
Embassy of Dante to Rome
21
Boccaccio accuses him of Self-confidence and Disparagement ofothers
21
Confiscation of Dante's Property
22
His Banishment
22
He joins the Confederates of the Bianchi at Arezzo
23
Their unfortunate Expedition against Florence
23
Pietro Petracco
23
Dante quits the Confederacy
23
His personal Humiliation
24
Extract from his "Purgatorio"
24
Henry of Luxembourg raised to the Throne of Germany
1308.
26
Dante professes himself a Ghibeline
26
Henry of Luxembourg poisoned
1313.
26
Dante dedicates his "De Monarchia"
26
He wanders from one petty Court to another
27
Busone da Gubbio affords him shelter at Arezzo
27
Anecdote of him while at Verona
28
Guido Novello da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna
29
Mental Sufferings of Dante
30
His Letter to a Friend who had obtained Leave for him toreturn to his Country
31
Extracts from his "Paradiso"
32
His Residence at Ravenna
32
His Death
1321.
33
A Copy of his "Divina Commedia" embellished by MichaelAngelo
34
Dante—his Tomb at Ravenna
35
Restoration of his Property to his Family
35
The "De Monarchia" publicly burnt at Rome, by Order of thePope
35
Description of Dante by Boccaccio
36
Musical Talents of Dante
37
Extract from his "Purgatorio"
37
His two Sons the first Commentators
39
Lyrics of Dante
41
Origin of the "Divina Commedia"
43
Observations on the Title of the "Divina Commedia"
44
Extracts from the "Inferno"
46
Strictures on it
51
And on the "Inferno"
53
PETRARCH.
PETRARCH.
His Progenitors1302.61Their Banishment from Florence61Petrarch and his Mother return from Banishment1305.62They remove to Pisa1312.62They proceed to Avignon62They quit this for Carpentras, where Petrarch becomesacquainted with Settimo1315.63He enters the University of Montpellier1319.63His Father destines him for the Law63His Aversion to it64He goes to Bologna1323.64His Recal to France, on the Death of his Father; heabandons the Law64He resides with his Brother at Avignon; he becomes aFavourite with the Nobles65His Person65His Friendship for John of Florence65Giacomo Colonna; his illustrious Descent66His Friendship for Petrarch67Character of Petrarch68(April 6th.) His Acquaintance with Laura1327.68His Devotion to her70His poetic Life commences71His Patriotism72Giacomo Colonna made Bishop of Lombes; Petrarchaccompanies him to his Bishoprick1330.72His Friendship for Lello and Louis72He makes the Tour of France, Flanders, and Brabant1331.73He meets with a Disappointment at Lyons75His Arrival at Rome76(August 6th.) He returns to Avignon76His Excursion to Mont Ventoux76His Letter to Father Dionisio Robertis77His Retirement to the Valley of Vaucluse78A Description of it78Version of one of Petrarch's Canzoni, by Lady Dacre80Criticisms on Petrarch's Italian Poetry81Philip de Cabassoles, Bishop of Cavaillon, becomes the Intimateof Petrarch83Letter of Petrarch to Giacomo Colonna84Petrarch receives Letters from Rome and Paris, inviting himto accept the Crown of Poetry; he accepts the former1340.85His Reception at the Court of King Robert of Naples1341.86(April 17th.) His Coronation86He leaves Rome and arrives at Parma87He meets Azzo Correggio87Death of Giacomo Colonna87Early Death of Thomas of Messina87Petrarch's Grief for the Loss of these Friends88He and Rienzi sent on an Embassy to Rome, on the Accessionof Pope Clement VI.89He meets Laura at Avignon89His Confidants90Death of Robert, King of Naples1343.91He is succeeded by his Daughter Giovanna91Mission of Petrarch to Queen Giovanna92Nicola di Rienzi seizes upon the Government of Rome, andassumes the Name of Tribune1345.92Change produced by him in the State of the Country92Petrarch offered a Bishoprick, which he refuses93He leaves Avignon, and repairs to Parma1347.94Downfal of Rienzi94The Plague in Italy1348.94(January 25th.) An Earthquake94(April 6th.) Death of Laura94Petrarch's Account of it94He visits Rome on Occasion of the Jubilee1350.98Assassination of Giacomo da Carrara, Lord of Padua98Restitution of Petrarch's paternal Property1351.99Arrival of Petrarch at Avignon100His Letter to Pope Clement VI. on the Choice of a Physician100He revisits Vaucluse100Death of Pope Clement VI.1352.100Petrarch visits the Carthusian Convent101His Treatise "On Solitary Life"101He crosses the Alps, and visits Milan1353.101Is invited by Charles, Emperor of Germany, to visit Mantua1354.102He exhorts Charles to deliver Italy102Petrarch at Milan1355.103He is sent on two Missions—one to Venice, the other to Prague103Invasion of France by the English1360.103Petrarch sent to congratulate King John on his Return fromImprisonment103He returns to Italy104His Letter to Settimo104Italy again visited by the Plague1361.105Death of Petrarch's Son105Marriage of Francesco, Daughter of Petrarch106The Poetry of Dante and Petrarch compared106"The Triumph of Death"107Petrarch's Description of Laura's Death107Boccaccio, his Attachment for Petrarch1363.110Leonzio Pilato's Death110Petrarch's Letter to Pope Urban V.1367.110His Reply110Petrarch suffers from Fever1369.110(January.) His Letter to a Friend who had asked him, "howhe was"1372.112His Opinion of the Decameron of Boccaccio1374.113His Death114His Will114
His Progenitors
1302.
61
Their Banishment from Florence
61
Petrarch and his Mother return from Banishment
1305.
62
They remove to Pisa
1312.
62
They proceed to Avignon
62
They quit this for Carpentras, where Petrarch becomesacquainted with Settimo
1315.
63
He enters the University of Montpellier
1319.
63
His Father destines him for the Law
63
His Aversion to it
64
He goes to Bologna
1323.
64
His Recal to France, on the Death of his Father; heabandons the Law
64
He resides with his Brother at Avignon; he becomes aFavourite with the Nobles
65
His Person
65
His Friendship for John of Florence
65
Giacomo Colonna; his illustrious Descent
66
His Friendship for Petrarch
67
Character of Petrarch
68
(April 6th.) His Acquaintance with Laura
1327.
68
His Devotion to her
70
His poetic Life commences
71
His Patriotism
72
Giacomo Colonna made Bishop of Lombes; Petrarchaccompanies him to his Bishoprick
1330.
72
His Friendship for Lello and Louis
72
He makes the Tour of France, Flanders, and Brabant
1331.
73
He meets with a Disappointment at Lyons
75
His Arrival at Rome
76
(August 6th.) He returns to Avignon
76
His Excursion to Mont Ventoux
76
His Letter to Father Dionisio Robertis
77
His Retirement to the Valley of Vaucluse
78
A Description of it
78
Version of one of Petrarch's Canzoni, by Lady Dacre
80
Criticisms on Petrarch's Italian Poetry
81
Philip de Cabassoles, Bishop of Cavaillon, becomes the Intimateof Petrarch
83
Letter of Petrarch to Giacomo Colonna
84
Petrarch receives Letters from Rome and Paris, inviting himto accept the Crown of Poetry; he accepts the former
1340.
85
His Reception at the Court of King Robert of Naples
1341.
86
(April 17th.) His Coronation
86
He leaves Rome and arrives at Parma
87
He meets Azzo Correggio
87
Death of Giacomo Colonna
87
Early Death of Thomas of Messina
87
Petrarch's Grief for the Loss of these Friends
88
He and Rienzi sent on an Embassy to Rome, on the Accessionof Pope Clement VI.
89
He meets Laura at Avignon
89
His Confidants
90
Death of Robert, King of Naples
1343.
91
He is succeeded by his Daughter Giovanna
91
Mission of Petrarch to Queen Giovanna
92
Nicola di Rienzi seizes upon the Government of Rome, andassumes the Name of Tribune
1345.
92
Change produced by him in the State of the Country
92
Petrarch offered a Bishoprick, which he refuses
93
He leaves Avignon, and repairs to Parma
1347.
94
Downfal of Rienzi
94
The Plague in Italy
1348.
94
(January 25th.) An Earthquake
94
(April 6th.) Death of Laura
94
Petrarch's Account of it
94
He visits Rome on Occasion of the Jubilee
1350.
98
Assassination of Giacomo da Carrara, Lord of Padua
98
Restitution of Petrarch's paternal Property
1351.
99
Arrival of Petrarch at Avignon
100
His Letter to Pope Clement VI. on the Choice of a Physician
100
He revisits Vaucluse
100
Death of Pope Clement VI.
1352.
100
Petrarch visits the Carthusian Convent
101
His Treatise "On Solitary Life"
101
He crosses the Alps, and visits Milan
1353.
101
Is invited by Charles, Emperor of Germany, to visit Mantua
1354.
102
He exhorts Charles to deliver Italy
102
Petrarch at Milan
1355.
103
He is sent on two Missions—one to Venice, the other to Prague
103
Invasion of France by the English
1360.
103
Petrarch sent to congratulate King John on his Return fromImprisonment
103
He returns to Italy
104
His Letter to Settimo
104
Italy again visited by the Plague
1361.
105
Death of Petrarch's Son
105
Marriage of Francesco, Daughter of Petrarch
106
The Poetry of Dante and Petrarch compared
106
"The Triumph of Death"
107
Petrarch's Description of Laura's Death
107
Boccaccio, his Attachment for Petrarch
1363.
110
Leonzio Pilato's Death
110
Petrarch's Letter to Pope Urban V.
1367.
110
His Reply
110
Petrarch suffers from Fever
1369.
110
(January.) His Letter to a Friend who had asked him, "howhe was"
1372.
112
His Opinion of the Decameron of Boccaccio
1374.
113
His Death
114
His Will
114
BOCCACCIO.
BOCCACCIO.
Origin of his Family115His Birth1313.116He enters on the Study of the Canonical Law1329.117His Dislike for this Study1333.117He goes to Naples117He visits the Tomb of Virgil1338.118A Description of it118Boccaccio—his Admiration of it119Another Circumstance occurs which confirms his Predilectionfor Literature1341.120Commencement of his Attachment for Lady Mary121Some Account of her121Her Person122His first Book, "Filocopo"123The Story of it123His Style124His Recal to Florence on the Death of his Father1342.125His "Ameto"126He returns to Naples1344.126Death of King Robert126Queen Jane and her Court126"Filostrato," of Boccaccio126His "Amorosa Fiammetta" and "Amorosa Visione"127He writes "The Decameron"1348.127The Preface127Description of the Plague in Florence128Critique on the "Decameron"130Burning of the "Decameron"1497.130The "Ventisettana" and "Delphin" edition of the"Decameron" published1527.130Return of Boccaccio to Florence1350.131His various Embassies131He visits Petrarch at Padua1351.132He is sent to Bohemia to Louis of Bavaria133Again sent on a Mission to Avignon1354.133His violent Party Feelings133His Letter to Petrarch133Petrarch's Answer134Boccaccio—his enthusiastic Love for the Study of the Ancients135His celebrated Copy of Dante136He visits Petrarch at Milan137Moral Change in him137A singular Circumstance occurs which achieves this moral Work1361.139He communicates this Circumstance to Petrarch140Petrarch's Letter in Answer140Power and Influence of Acciajuolo, Seneschal of Naples1363.142He invites Boccaccio to his Palace142His unworthy Treatment of Boccaccio143He removes from his Palace in consequence143He returns to Florence143His Residence at Certaldo144His Work, "De Casibus Virorum et Færainarum Illustrium"145His Embassy to Pope Urban V.1355.145He projects a Visit to Venice145His Letter to Petrarch, whom he missed seeing145His Visit to Niccolo di Montefalcone, Abbot of the CarthusianMonastery of San Stefano, in Calabria1370.147He visits Naples1372.147He returns to his Retreat at Certaldo1373.147His Work on "The Genealogy of the Gods"147The Professorship for the Public Explanation of the "DivinaCommedie" conferred on him148Petrarch's Death1374.149Grief of Boccaccio149(December 21st.) Death of Boccaccio1375.149
Origin of his Family
115
His Birth
1313.
116
He enters on the Study of the Canonical Law
1329.
117
His Dislike for this Study
1333.
117
He goes to Naples
117
He visits the Tomb of Virgil
1338.
118
A Description of it
118
Boccaccio—his Admiration of it
119
Another Circumstance occurs which confirms his Predilectionfor Literature
1341.
120
Commencement of his Attachment for Lady Mary
121
Some Account of her
121
Her Person
122
His first Book, "Filocopo"
123
The Story of it
123
His Style
124
His Recal to Florence on the Death of his Father
1342.
125
His "Ameto"
126
He returns to Naples
1344.
126
Death of King Robert
126
Queen Jane and her Court
126
"Filostrato," of Boccaccio
126
His "Amorosa Fiammetta" and "Amorosa Visione"
127
He writes "The Decameron"
1348.
127
The Preface
127
Description of the Plague in Florence
128
Critique on the "Decameron"
130
Burning of the "Decameron"
1497.
130
The "Ventisettana" and "Delphin" edition of the"Decameron" published
1527.
130
Return of Boccaccio to Florence
1350.
131
His various Embassies
131
He visits Petrarch at Padua
1351.
132
He is sent to Bohemia to Louis of Bavaria
133
Again sent on a Mission to Avignon
1354.
133
His violent Party Feelings
133
His Letter to Petrarch
133
Petrarch's Answer
134
Boccaccio—his enthusiastic Love for the Study of the Ancients
135
His celebrated Copy of Dante
136
He visits Petrarch at Milan
137
Moral Change in him
137
A singular Circumstance occurs which achieves this moral Work
1361.
139
He communicates this Circumstance to Petrarch
140
Petrarch's Letter in Answer
140
Power and Influence of Acciajuolo, Seneschal of Naples
1363.
142
He invites Boccaccio to his Palace
142
His unworthy Treatment of Boccaccio
143
He removes from his Palace in consequence
143
He returns to Florence
143
His Residence at Certaldo
144
His Work, "De Casibus Virorum et Færainarum Illustrium"
145
His Embassy to Pope Urban V.
1355.
145
He projects a Visit to Venice
145
His Letter to Petrarch, whom he missed seeing
145
His Visit to Niccolo di Montefalcone, Abbot of the CarthusianMonastery of San Stefano, in Calabria
1370.
147
He visits Naples
1372.
147
He returns to his Retreat at Certaldo
1373.
147
His Work on "The Genealogy of the Gods"
147
The Professorship for the Public Explanation of the "DivinaCommedie" conferred on him
148
Petrarch's Death
1374.
149
Grief of Boccaccio
149
(December 21st.) Death of Boccaccio
1375.
149