Mayia, Galeazzo, of Milan,40,41,106;Filippo, of Milan,38-39.Mariolatry,484-485.Massuccio, novels of,459-460.Maximilian I., commencement of new Imperial policy under,20.Medici, House of, charm over Florence,220-221;passion for tournaments,366-367.Medici Giovanni,119-121;Lorenzo, on ‘nobility,’361,362;the younger,85.Menageries,296;human,293-295.‘Meneghino,’ the, Mask of Milan,321.Mercenary troops, introduction of,98.Middle Ages, works on, by humanists,246,247.Milano-Venetian War,99.Mirandola, Pico della,198-199,202;death of,465;on dignity of man,354-355;free will,516;refutation of astrology,516.Mohammedanism, opposition to,493.Monks, abuse of, in ‘Decameron,’459;as satirists,465;scandalous lives of,460-461;unpopularity of,459.Montefeltro, House of, of Urbino,43;Federigo,44-46;Guido, in relation to astrology,512.Montepulciano, Fra Francesco di,473.Morality,431-455.‘Morgante Maggiore,’ the, of Luigi Pulci,323-324,494-495.Murder, public sympathy on side of,447.Music,390-394.Mystery plays,406-407,411-413,416.Mythological representations,415,416.Myths, new,259.N.Naming of children,250-251.Natural Science in Italy,289-297.Nature, beauty in, discovery of,298-307.Navagero, style of,265.‘Nencia,’ the, of Politian,354.‘Nipoti,’ the,106,107.Niccoli, Niccolo,188-189,217;on ‘nobility,’361-362.Nicholas V., Pope, faith in higher learning of,223.Novels of Bandello,306;of Massuccio,459,460.O.Oddi, the, and the Baglioni of Perugia, disputes between,29.Old writers, influence of, on Italian mind,187.Omens, belief in,518-521.‘On the infelicity of the Scholar,’ by Piero Valeriano,276-277.Orator, the, important position of,233,234-238.Oratory, Pulpit,238.Oriental Studies, revival of,197.‘Orlando Furioso,’ the, of Ariosto,325,326,327.Outward refinement of life,369-377.P.Palingenius, Marcellus, ‘Zodiac of Life,’ of,264.Painting, rustic, of Jacopo Bassano,354.Pandolfini, Agnolo,132;on home management,402-404.Pantomime, the,407,416,417.Papacy, the, and its dangers,102-125;corruption in,106,107,109.Papal Court, calumny rife at,161;State, spirit of reform in,123;subjection of,110.Pardons, sale of,108.Parody, beginnings of,263.Peasant life, poetical treatment of,351-352.Perfect man of society, the,388-394.Personal faith,491-492.Petrarch and Laura,151;ascent of Mount Ventoux by,301-302;as geographer,300;contempt of astrologers, his,515;fixer of form of sonnet,310;ideal prince of,9-10;influence of nature on,300,301;in Rome,177-178;life of,313-314;objection to fame, his,141-142;on tournaments,365;representative of antiquity, the,205.Petty tyrannies,28-34.Piacenza, devastation of,101.Piccinino, Giacomo,25,26;Jacopo,99.Plautus, plays of, representations of,255,317-319.Poems, didactic,264.Poetry, elegiac,264,266,267;epic,321-323,325;Italian, second great age of,305-306;Latin modern,257-271;lyric,306;Maccaronic,270,271;precursor of plastic arts, the,312.Poggio, on ‘Knighthood,’365;on ‘Nobility,’361-362.Policy, Foreign, of Italian states,88-97.Politeness, Manual of, by G. della Casa,375-376.Politics, Florentine,73-74.Politian, as letter writer,233;‘Canzone Zingaresca’ of,354.Pope Adrian VI., satires against,162-164.Pope Alexander VI.,109-117;death of,117.Pope Clement VII., deliverance of,123.Pope Innocent VIII., election of,107.Pope Nicholas V.,188.Pope Paul II.,105;attempts as peacemaker,438;personal head of republic of letters,223;priestly narrowness of,505.Pope Paul III.,123.Pope Pius II.,105;as antiquarian,180-181;as descriptive writer,349;believer in witches,526-527;celebration of feast of Corpus Christi by,414;contempt for astrology and magic,508;eloquence of,235,240;love of nature,303-305;views on miracles,501.Pope Sixtus IV.,105,106,107.Porcaro, Stefano, conspiracy of,104.Porcello, Gian, Antonio dei Pandori,99,100.Poggio, walks through Rome of,176.Preachers of repentance,466-479;personal influence of,458.Printing, discovery of, reception of,194.Processions,406-407,418-425.Prodigies, belief in,520-521.Prophets, honour accorded to genuine,467.Public worship, neglect of,485.Pulci, epic poet,323-325.‘Pulcinell,’ the mask of Naples,321.R.Rambaldoni, Vittore dai,213-214.Rangona, Bianca,336.Raphael,30;appeal of, for restoration of ancient Rome,184;original subject of his picture, ‘Deposition,’32.Rationalism,500,501.Reformation, German,122;effects on Papacy,124.Regattas, Venetian,390.Relics, pride taken in,142-145.Religion in daily life,456-489;spirit of the Renaissance, and,491-506.Religious tolerance,490,492,493;revivals, epidemics of,485.Renaissance, the, a new birth,175;and the spirit of religion,491-506.Repentance, preachers of,466-479.Reproduction of antiquity: Latin correspondence and orations,230-242.Republics, the,61-87.Revivals, epidemics of religious,485.Riario, Girolamo,107;Pietro, Cardinal,106.Rienzi, Cola di,15,176.Rimini, House of, the,29;fall of,33.Rites, Church, sense of dependence on,465.Roberto da Lecce,467,470.Rome, assassins in,109;city of ruins,177-186;first topographical study of,179;Poggio’s walks through,176.Ruins in landscape gardening result of Christian legend,186.S.‘Sacra,’ the, of Pietro Bembo,259.Sadoleto, Jacopo,231.Saints, reverence for relics of,481-482;worship of,485.Salò, Gabriella da, belief of,502.Sannazaro,151,260,265-267;fame of,261,268.Sanctuaries of Italy,486.Sansecondo, Giovan Maria,392;Jacopo,392.Satires, Monks the authors of,465.Savonarola, Girolamo,467,473-479;belief in dæmons,531;eloquence of,474;funeral oration on,475;reform of Dominican monasteries due to,474.Scaliger,254.Scarampa, Camilla,386.Science, national sympathy with,289-292;natural, in Italy,289-297.‘Scrittori’ (copyists),192-193.Secretaries, papal, important position of,231.Sforza, house of,24;Alessandro,28;Francesco,24,25,26,39,40,99;Galeazzo Maria, assassination of,57-58.Sforza, Ippolita,385;Jacopo,24,25.Shakespeare, William,316.Siena,86.Sigismund, Emperor,18,19.Sixtus IV., Pope,105,106,107.Slavery in Italy,296.Society, higher forms of,384-387;ideal man of,388-394;in, Italian models to other countries,389.Sociniaris,549.Sonnet, the,310-311,312.Sonnets of Boccaccio,314;of Dante,312.Spain, changed attitude of,91,92.Spaniards, detrimental to development of drama,317.Spanish-Germano Army, advance of,122.Spanish influence, jealousy under,445.Speeches, subject of public,239-241.Spur, golden, order of,53.Spiritual description in poetry,308-327.Statistics, science of, birthplace of,69-72.St. Peter’s at Rome, reconstruction of.,119.Stentorello, the mask of Florence,321.Superstition, mixture of ancient and modern,507-540.Sylvius Æneas, see Pope Pius II.T.Taxation,5,8,13,35,36,47.Teano, Cardinal,255.‘Telesma,’ the,533-535.‘Telestae,’ the,533-535.Terence, plays of, representation of,255.‘Teseide,’ the, of Boccaccio,259.Tiburzio,105.Tolerance, religious,490,492,493.Torso, the, discovery of,184.Tragedy in time of Renaissance,315-316,317.Treatise, the,243.‘Trionfo,’ the,407,419,420,423;of Beatrice,419-420.‘Trionfi,’ the, of Petrarch,324.‘Trovatori,’ the,310.Trovatori della transizione, the,311.Turks, conspiracies with the,92,93.Tuscan dialect basis of new national speech,379.Tyranny, opponents of,55-60.Tyrannies, petty,28-34.U.Uberti, Fazio degli, vision of,178.Universities and Schools,210-216.V.Valeriano, P., on the infelicity of the scholar,276-277.Vatican, Library of, founding of,188.‘Vendetta,’ the,437-440.Vengeance, Italian,436-400.Venetian-Milano war,99.Venice,61-87;and Florence, birthplace of science of statistics,69-72.Venice, processions in,73;public institutions in,63;relation of, to literature,70;stability of, cause of,65-66;statistics, general of,69,70,71,78.Villani, Giovanni,73;Matteo,76.Vinci, Lionardo da,138.Violin, the,392.Visconti, the,10,15,18,22,38,40;Giangaleazzo,513;Giovan Maria, assassination of,57,58.‘Vita Nuova,’ the, of Dante,333.‘Vita Sobria,’ the, of Luigi Cornaro,244.Vitelli, Paolo,99.Vitruvius, revival of, and Ciceronianism, analogy between,156.Venus of the Vatican, discovery of,184.‘Versi Sciolti,’ the, origin of,310.W.War as a work of art,98-101.Wit, analysis of,159-160;first appearance of, in literature,154;modern, and satire,154-168.Witch of Gaeta, the,525.Witchcraft,524-530.Witches,524,525,526;burning of,524,526,528.Women, Ariosto on,395;equality of, with men,395;function of,398;heroism of,398;ideal for,398;position of,395-401.Worship, public, neglect of,485.Z.Zampante of Lucca, director of police,50.‘Zodiac of Life,’ of Marcellus Palingenius,264.