B.
Barbariccia, I.15.Barbato, the chancellor of the kingof Naples, I.120.Bardi, cavalier de, I.6.Barlaam, Bernardo, I.91.Barreto, Pedro, governor of Sofala,III.323.Barrili, Giovanni, I.120.Basseville, Hugh, II.314.Bazan, Don Alvaro, III.113.Beatrice Portinari, I.6.Bella, the mother of Dante, I.2.Bellarmine, cardinal, II.33.Bembo, Bernardo, I.35.Bembo, cardinal, I.204.Benavides, don Diego de, III.141.Bene, Sennucio del, I.90.Benedict XII., pope, I.89.Bermudez, Geronimo, a monk ofthe order of St. Dominic, authorof the first original tragedy publishedin Spain, III.97.Berni, Francesco, his birth andearly life, I.188. Notice of hiswritings,189.Bianchi, I.18.Bibbiena, cardinal, I.188.Boccaccio, Giovanni di, his birthand parentage, I.116. His earlyeducation,117. His sensationson visiting the tomb of Virgil,119. His first meeting with Petrarch,120. His own account ofhis attachment to the lady Mary,natural daughter of Robert, kingof Naples,121. Description ofher person,122. Outline of hispoem, entitled "Filocopo,"123.The first to render theottavarimafamiliar to the Italians,124.Obliged to return to Florence,125. The "Decameron," amodel of the Tuscan dialect,125.Writes his "Ameto," a compositionof mingled prose and verse,the first of the kind,126. Returnsto Naples on his father'ssecond marriage,126. His descriptionof the plague in Florence,129. His works preachedagainst and prohibited by Salvanorola,130. Returns to Florenceon the death of his father.Commencement of his intimacywith Petrarch,131. Sent onvarious embassies,132. His politicalnegotiations,133. Hisletter to Petrarch, expressing hisregret and disappointment on hishaving taken up his abode atMilan, under the protection ofGiovanni Visconti,133. Petrarch'smoderate answer,134.Popularity of the "Decameron,"134. His disinterested love ofletters, and extraordinary effortsto create and diffuse a knowledgeof the Greek language andwriters,135. Spends large sumsof money in the acquisition ofancient manuscripts,136. Anecdoteillustrative of his anxietyfor the possession of them,136.His unwearied and successfullabour in the cause of Hellenicliterature,137. Obtains a decreefrom the Florentine governmentfor the erection of a Greek professorshipin their university,138.Beneficial change in moral habitsbrought about by the admonitionsand example of Petrarch,138. The work begun by Petrarch,achieved by a singularcircumstance,139. His letter toPetrarch on the subject,140.Adopts the clerical dress, andendeavours to suppress thosewritings which scandalised thepious,142. Retreats from Florence,and takes up his abode atthe castle of Certaldo,143. Briefreview of his later works,144.Appointed, on two occasions, ambassadorto pope Urban V.,145.His letter to Petrarch, describinghis visit to the daughter and son-in-lawof that poet,146. Retiresto the quiet of Certaldo, wherehe busies himself in the publicationof his work of the "Genealogyof the Gods,"147. Appointedby the Florentine governmentto the professorship forthe public explanation of the"Divina Commedia,"148. Hislast illness and death,149.Bojardo, Matteo Maria, his birth,parentage, and early life, I.181.His marriage and death,182.Abstract of the story of his"Orlando Innamorato,"183.Boniface, pepe, VIII., I.66.Borgia, Cæsar, his early life, I.265.His remorseless cruelty,267.His conversations with Machiavelli,268. Anecdote characteristicof his system of government,279.His downfal,281. Hisimprisonment and death,284.Boscan Almogaver, Mosen Juan,the first Spanish poet who introducedthe Italian style, III.21.Outline of his life,22. Circumstanceswhich induced him to introducethe Italian style,23.His translation of Castiglione's"Libro del Cortigiano,"24. Commencementof his friendship withDiego de Mendoza,25. Translationof his epistles in imitationof Horace,26. His death,32.His person,33. Review of hiswritings,34.Boutervek, III.8.Bowring, Dr. his translation of theSpanish Cancionero, III.9.Bozzole, Federigo da, II.66.Bracciolini, Poggio, I.151.Brossana, Francesco, I.105.Bruni, Leonardo, I.18.Bruno, Giordano, II.4.Bubwith, Nicholas, bishop of Bath,I.8.Bulgarelli, Marianna, the primadonna, II.191. Her friendshipfor Metastasio,192. Her death,198.Buondelmonte, Zanobi, I.304.Burchiello, the word "burlesque"derived from his name and thestyle of his writings, I.180.Burney, Dr., his account of hisvisit to Metastasio in 1772, II.210.
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Cabassoles, Philip de, bishop ofCavaillon, his intimacy with Petrarch,I.83.Cabral, Antonio, III.324.Cabral, Fernando Alvares, III.311.Cacciaguida, I.2.Caccini, his personal attack uponGalileo from the pulpit, II.31.Cassalpinus, Andrew, the celebratedbotanist, II.3.Cæsarini, Virginio, II.37.Caffarelli, general, II.375.Calderon, don Pedro, his birth,parentage, and early education,III.279. His fame established as apoet,280. Enters the military serviceat the age of five and twenty,280. Summoned to court by aroyal order, for the sake of writinga drama for a palace festival,281. Quits the army, and becomesa priest,281. His deathand character,282. Review ofhis writings,283.Calistus II., pope, I.169.Caloria, Tommaso, I.87.Caluso, the abatte, II.274.Camara, Ruy Diaz de, III.327.Camerlingo, cardinal, II.163.Camoens, Vasco Perez de, his birthand parentage, III.296. Extractfrom his "Lusiad,"299. Translationof a sonnet in commemorationof that attachment whichshed a disastrous influence overthe rest of his life,303. Comparedwith Petrarch,304. Dr.Southey's translation of one ofhis sonnets,306. His exile,307.Mutilated in the wars of hiscountry, but receives neither rewardnor preferment,310. Hispathetic description of his friendNoronha's exile,312. Offers toserve as a volunteer, and accompaniesVasconcellos in his expeditionagainst the Mahometans,315. Suspected of composing anothersatire; arrested, and banishedto China,316. Retiresfrom the details of business, topursue his poetical occupations,317. Obtains leave to return toGoa; is wrecked at the mouthof the Mecon,315. Pursues hisvoyage to Goa, where he is receivedby the viceroy with kindnessand distinction,320. Extractsfrom the seventh canto ofthe "Lusiad,"321. His poem commemoratingthe death of Caterinad'Atayde,322. AccompaniesBaretto, when he was appointedgovernor of Sofala,323. Returnsto Portugal,324. Politicalstate of the country disadvantageousto him,325. Writes the"Parnasso de Luis Camoens,"325. A pension of 15,000 reisgranted to him,326. His illnessand poverty,327. His interviewwith the cavalier Camara,328.His death,329. His person,329.Review of his life,330. Reviewof his writings,332.Campaldino, the battle of, I.14.Camporese, the renowned philosopher,II.189.Cancionero, the, III.9.Canigiani, Eletta, the mother ofPetrarch, I.61.Caprona, the siege of, I.15.Carafa, Federigo, III.41.Carnescecchi, Pietro, II.81.Caro, Rodrigo, III.83.Casavecchia, Filippo, I.296.Castañeda, Gabrièl de, III.133.Castelli, Benedetti, II.28.Castillano, Diego, III.138.Castillejo, Cristoval, III.93. Specimenof his style,94.Cavalcanti, Guido, I.19.Cavalcanti, Mainardo de', I.134.Caza, Francesco della, I.263.Celsi, Lorenzo, doge of Venice, I.105.Cervantes, III.120. His birth andparentage; little known of hisearly life,123. Enters a studentin the university of Salamanca,124. His poems published atMadrid,125. Leaves Madrid inthe service of cardinal Acquaviva,125. Visits Rome; changesthe whole course of his life; andvolunteers to be a soldier,126.His services during the Turkishwar,127. Wounded in the battleof Lepanto,128. Receives anincrease of pay, and is passedinto a company of the tercio ofFigueroa,128. Visits Rome, Florence,Venice, Bologna, Naples,and Palermo,129. Taken prisonerby an Algerine squadronon his return to Spain,130. Interestingdetails of his captivity,131. Makes several attempts toregain his liberty,133. Detectedin planning his escape; is sentencedto the bastinado,137.His courage and heroism excitethe respect of the friars of theOrder of Mercy, who resided atAlgiers for the purpose of treatingfor the ransom of the Christiancaptives,139. Ransomed for500 golden ducats, and left freeto return to Spain,140. Determinesto refute certain calumniesof which he was the object,141.Returns to his native land depressedby poverty, and obscuredby want,142. Becomes again asoldier by profession,143. Firstappears as an author in the year1584,144. His marriage withdonna Catilina de Palacios ySalazar,145. Commences writingfor the theatre; endeavours torectify the deficiencies of thestage and scenery,146. Acceptsthe situation of commissary, andsets out with his family for Seville,147. His office abolished;he becomes the agent to variousmunicipalities, corporations, andwealthy individuals,148. Duringhis distasteful employment atSeville, acquires the bitter viewof human affairs displayed inDon Quixote,149. Translationof his verses to the monument ofthe kings at Seville,150. Variousannoyances which he sufferedin his financial occupationsat Seville,151. Anecdote, displayingthe style in which justicewas carried on in Spain,152.Removes with his family to Valladolid,153. His poverty the greatand clinging evil of his life,153.His letter to his uncle during hisimprisonment at La Mancha,154.Writes "Don Quixote" during hisimprisonment,155. Fails in hisattempt to introduce himself tothe duke of Lerma,156. Difficultieswhich he encounters inpublishing "Don Quixote,"157.The "Buscapié" attributed tohim,158. Success of "Don Quixote"excites the enmity of themen of letters of his day,160.Suspected of murder, and thrownwith his entire family into prison,162. Is set at liberty,162.Publishes his "Voyage to Parnassus,"164. Anecdote, showingthe high esteem in which "DonQuixote" was held,165. Bringscut his "Twelve Tales," whichraises yet higher his characteras an author,167. His portraitof himself, in his preface to the"Twelve Tales,"168. His accountof the origin of the Spanishdrama, and the ameliorationthat he in his younger days introduced,169. Publishes his"Persiles and Sigismunda," andthe second part of "Don Quixote,"170. His dedication of itto the count of Lemos,171. Hislast illness,172. His interviewwith the student of Toledo,173.His farewell letter to the countof Lemos,174. His death, in thesixty-ninth year of his age,174.His character,174. Brief reviewof his works,175. Extractfrom his "Numantia,"176. Extractfrom the comedy of "Lifein Algiers,"178. Extract fromhis "Voyage to Parnassus,"184.Cetina, III.93.Charlemagne, I.2.Charles of Valois, I.20.Chiabrera, Gabbriello, his birth,parentage, and early education,II.163. Enters into the serviceof cardinal Camerlingo,163.Writes some odes in imitation ofPindar; makes the Greek lyricalpoets his models,164.Wishes to transfuse the spirit ofthe Greeks into the Italian language,165. Style of his poetry,166. Specimen of his seriousstyle, as translated by Wordsworth,166. His death and character,168.Chiaramonte, Scipio, II.44.Chrysoloras, Emanuel, I.151.Ciani, a Carthusian monk; his visitto Boccaccio, I.139.Clement VI., pope, I.89.Colombe, Lodovico delle, II.28.Colonna, Giacomo, commencementof his friendship with Petrarch,I.66.Colonna, cardinal, I.73.Colonna, Vittoria, her birth, parentage,and marriage, II.77.Her letter to her husband duringhis imprisonment,78. Her griefat his death,79. Extracts fromher poems,80. Her death,81.Conrad III., emperor, I.2.Consalvo, the Spanish general, I.284.Convennole, I.63.Copernicus, II.7.Correggio, Azzo, I.87.Coutinho, Miguel Rodriguez, III.321.Couto, Diogo de III.324.
D.
Dante Alighieri, his parentage, I.1. Born in the spring of 1265,2.Fable concerning his birth,3.Extracts from his "Paradiso,"and his "Inferno,"4. His earlyeducation,5. Enters upon hisnoviciate at a convent of theMinor Friars, but withdraws beforethe term of probation wasended,6. Story of his early lovefor Beatrice,7. Pursues hisstudies in the universities ofPadua, Bologna, and Paris,8.Supposed to have visited Oxford,8. High estimation in whichhis works were held in England,9. His progress in the schoolsof divinity and philosophy,9.His marriage with MadonnaGemma,10. Style of his poetry,11. His domestic discomforts,12. His character as a citizen, asoldier, and a magistrate,13.Serves among the cavalry in thebattle of Campaldino,14. Hisextraordinary valour during thatengagement; his allusion to itin Canto XII. of the "Inferno,"15. Is again in the fieldat the siege of Caprona,15. Extractfrom Canto XXI. of the"Inferno," alluding to this action,16. Traditional account ofhis embassies to the courts ofHungary, Naples, and France,16. Chosen in the year 1300, bythe suffrages of the people, chiefprior of his native city,17. Hisendeavours to put down the factionsof the Bianchi and Neri,18. Appeals to the people atlarge to support the executivegovernment,19. Accused of partialityto the Bianchi,20. Undertakesan embassy to Rome, tosolicit the good offices of thepope towards pacifying his fellowcitizens without foreign interference,21. Anecdote of,21.During his absence, his dwellingdemolished by the Neri, his propertyconfiscated, and a fine of8000 lire decreed against him,with banishment for two years,22. Joins himself with theBianchi, who transfer their affectionsto the Ghibelines, deemingthe adherents of the emperorless the enemies of their countrythan their adversaries,23.Withdrawsfrom the confederacy indisgust,23. Extract from his"Del Paradiso," in allusion tothis subject,24. Extract fromhis "Purgatorio,"25. Endeavoursto obtain a reversal of hisunrighteous sentence,25. Appealsto Henry of Luxemburgh;dedicates his political treatise,entitled "De Monarchia," tothat prince,26. A third decreepassed against him; he retires toFrance,27. Anecdotes of hiscaustic humour,28. Comparedwith Marius,29. His mentalsufferings during his nineteenyears' banishment,30. His letter,refusing the conditions offeredby the Florentine government,31. His death, on the 14thof September, 1321,33. Hissplendid funeral,34. Monumentsraised to his memory,35.His confiscated property restoredto his family,35. His memoryexecrated, and his writings proscribedby pope John XXII.,35.His person, as described by Boccaccio,37. Anecdote of,38. Hisfamily,39. Notice of his writings,40. Origin of the "DivinaCommedia,"42. Dramatic characterof the work,44. Extractfrom Canto X. of the "Inferno,"46. His character as a man anda poet,54. Character of hispoetry,58.Demisiano, II.15.Demourier, General, II.315.Digby, Sir Kenelm, II.11.Donati, Corso, I.12.Donati Lucretia, I.156.Dramatists, the, of Spain, III.95.
E.
Elia, the faithful servant of Alfieri,II.266.Enriquez, Feliciano, III.141.Enzina, Juan, style of his writing,III.17. Translation of one of hissongs,18.Ercilla, don Alonzo de, III.103.His birth, parentage, and earlyeducation,103. Appointed pageto prince Philip,104. Leaves thepersonal service of the prince tojoin the expedition sent againstthe Araucanos, an Indian tribe,in South America, which hadrisen against Spain,106. Hisaccount of the expedition,107.Narrowly escapes an early anddisastrous end,108. Leaves Chiliin disgust, without having beenduly rewarded for his services,110. Proceeds to the Terceiras,and thence to Spain,111. Hismarriage,111. Appointed chamberlainto Maximilian,112.Anecdote of,112. Only known inthe literary world by his poem,"La Araucana,"113. Critiqueon his poem,114.Espinel, Vicente, his birth andparentage, III.239. His death,240.Este, cardinal Hippolito d', I.203.Anecdote illustrative of his cruelty,209.Esto, Bianca d', II.76.Exarch, Onofrio, III.138.Ezpeleta, don Gaspar de, III.161.
F.
Fabricius, John, II.25.Fabbroni, II.10.Faggiuolo, signori della, I.28.Faliero, Marino, doge of Venice, I.105.Falucci, the conti, I.28.Fantoni, Sebastian, II.51.Farinelli, the singer, his friendshipfor Metastasio, II.209.Farnese, Orazio, III.62.Fedele, Cassandra, II.76. Herdeath,76.Feliciana de Vega, III.227.Fermo, Oliverotto da, I.266.Ferranti, Pietro, I.21.Ferrara, Cieco da, his writings, I.179.Ferreira, Antonio, mentioned asthe classic poet of Portugal, III.292. His death and character,293. Style of his writings,294.Ficino, Marsiglio, I.152. His birthand early education,159. Briefreview of his works,160. Hisdeath, in the sixty-sixth year ofhis age,161.Figueroa, don Lope, III.127.Filicaja, Vincenzo da; his birth,parentage, and early education,II.180. His marriage,181. Hisenthusiastic piety,181. His characteristics,facil dignity, andclearness,182. Fills several lawoffices of great power and emolument,183. His death, in thesixty-fifth year of his age,184.Foscarinus, Paul Anthony, II.51.Foscolo, Ugo, his birth and parentage,II.354. His early education,355. Resolves to follow the stepsof Alfieri, and to acquire fame asa tragedian; produces his dramaof "Thyestes" at the early ageof nineteen,356. Political allusionsthat gave it its chief interest,357. Extracts from hiswork, entitled "Letters of JacopoOrtis,"358. Leaves Venice,and takes the road to Tuscany,360. Pursues his way to Milan,the then capital of the Cisalpinerepublic,361. His indignation atthe sentence passed by the greatcouncil against the Latin language,362. Falls in love with ayoung lady of Pisa,362. His attachmentnot fortunate; he suffersall the throes of disappointmentand grief,363. Becomes anofficer in the Lombard legion,363. His bravery during thesiege of Geneva,364. His letterto Napoleon,364. Returns to Milanafter the battle of Marengo,365. Increases his fame by thepublication of his "Last Lettersof Jacopo Ortis,"365. Outlineof the piece,366. Its successimmediate and striking,369.His person, as described by Pecchio,369. Anecdotes of,370.Publishes an oration to Bonaparte,371. Its style forcible andrhetorical,372. Enters on thestudy of the Greek language;undertakes the translation ofSterne's "Sentimental Journey,"373. His egotistical account ofhis own singularities,374. Undertakesto make a new editionof the military works of Montecucoli,with notes,375. Writeshis "Ode on Sepulchres;" outlineof the poem,376. Publisheshis translation of the first book ofthe Iliad,377. Installed professorin the university of Pavia,377.His introductory oration on theorigin and use of letters,378.Retreats from the university, tothe seclusion of the Lake ofComo,378. Commences his"Ode to the Graces,"379. Politicaltendency of his writings,380. Submits to an exile fromMilan, and again visits Tuscany,381. Style of his writings ingeneral,382. Resumes his militaryduties; promoted to therank of colonel,384. His conversationwith Pecchio; leavesItaly in disguise, and takes refugein Switzerland,385. Repairsto England, and is receivedwith open arms by the Whigparty,386. Ceases to be a lion,and retires to the neighbourhoodof St. John's Wood, near the Regent'sPark,387. Supports himselfchiefly by writing for the QuarterlyReview,387. Outline ofhis tragedy of "Ricciarda,"388.Delivers a course of lectures onItalian literature,389. Obligedto provide for daily necessity, bywriting for various reviews andmagazines,390. His illness,391.His death,392. His characterand literary merits,393.Francesca, daughter of Petrarch,I.106.Frangipani, I.1.Franzesi, don Juan, III,62.Fuccarius, II.13.
G.