PALAZZO Vernio, Academy (musical) of the, ii. 340; distinguished composers of its school, 341.
PALEARIO, Aonio: his opinion of the Index, i. 197, 214.
PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pier Luigi: his birth and early musical training, ii. 323; uneventful life of the _Princeps Musicae_, 324; relations with the Congregation for Musical Reform, 325; the legend and the facts about _Missa Papae Marcelli_, 326 _sqq._, 331 _n._; Palestrina"s commission, 331; the three Ma.s.ses in compet.i.tion, 332; the award by the Congregation and the Pope, 334; Palestrina"s connection with S. Filippo Neri, 334; _Arie Divote_ composed for the Oratory, 335 _sq._; character of the new music, 335; influence of Palestrina on Italian music, 336; estimate of the general benefit derived by music from him, 337 _sq._
PALLAVICINI, on Paul IV."s seal for the Holy Office, i. 107 _n._
PALLAVICINO, Matteo, murder of, by Marcello Accoramboni, i. 358.
PALLIANO, d.u.c.h.ess of, _see_ CARDONA, VIOLANTE DE.
---Duke of (nephew of Paul IV.), murders committed by, i. 379; his execution, 380.
PANCIROLI, Guido, Ta.s.so"s master in the study of law, ii. 20.
PAPACY, the, its position after the sack of Rome, i. 13; tyranny of, arising from the instinct of self-preservation, 54; dislike of, for General Councils, 90; manipulation of the Council of Trent, 97 _sqq._, 119 _sqq._; its supremacy founded by that Council, 131; later policy of the Popes, 149 _sqq._, 226.
PAPAL States, the: their condition in 1447, i. 5; attempts to consolidate them into a kingdom, 6.
PARMA and Piacenza, creation of the Duchy of, by Paul III., i. 86.
PARMA, Duchy of, added to the States of the Church, i. 7.
PARMIGIANINO, Il, painting of Charles V. by, i. 42.
PARRASIO, Alessandro, one of the a.s.sa.s.sins of Sarpi, ii. 212.
PART-SONGS, French Protestant, influence of, on Palestrina, ii. 324.
Pa.s.sARI, Pietro, amours of, with the nuns of S. Chiara, Lucca, i. 340 _sq._
"PASTOR Fido," Guarini"s, critique of, ii. 252 _sqq._
PAUL III., Pope, sends Contarini to the conference at Rechensburg, i. 78; receives a memorial on ecclesiastical abuses, 79; establishes the Roman Holy Office, 80; sanctions the Company of Jesus, _ib._; his early life and education, 81; love of splendor, 82; peculiarity of his position, _ib._; the Pope of the transition, 84; jealous of Spanish ascendency in Italy, 85; creates the Duchy of Parma for his son, 86 _sqq._; members of the moderate reforming party made Cardinals, 88; his repugnance to a General Council, 90; indiction of a Council to be held at Trent, 97; difficulties of his position, 100; his death, 101; his connection with the founding of the Jesuit Order, 245.
PAUL IV., Pope, _see_ CARAFFA, GIOV. PIETRO.
PAUL V., Pope: details of his nepotism, i. 157 _n._; places Venice under an interdict, ii. 198.
PAVIA, the battle of, 13.
PELLEGRINI, Cammillo, panegyrist of Ta.s.so, ii. 72.
PEPERARA, Laura, Ta.s.so"s relations with, ii. 31.
PERETTI, Felice (nephew of Sixtus V.), husband of Vittoria Accoramboni, i. 357; his murder, 358.
PESCARA, Marquis of, husband of Vittoria Colonna, i. 25.
"PESTE di S. Carlo, La," i. 421.
"PETRARCA, Considerazioni sopra le Rime, del," Ta.s.soni"s, ii. 298, 300.
PETRONI, Lucrezia, second wife of Francesco Cenci, i. 348 _sq._
PETRONIO, S., Bologna, reception of Charles V. by Clement VII. at, i. 23; the Emperor"s coronation at, 37 _sqq._
PETRUCCI, Pandolfo, seduction of two sons of, by the Jesuits, i. 284.
PHILIP II. of Spain: his quarrel with Paul IV., i. 102; the reconciliation, 104.
PHILOSOPHERS of Southern Italy in the sixteenth century, ii. 126 _sqq._
PIACENZA, added to the States of the Church, i. 7.
PICCOLOMINI, Alfonso, leader of bandits in the Papal States, i. 152.
"PIETRO Soave Polano," anagram of "Paolo Sarpi Veneto," ii. 223.
PIGNA (secretary to the Duke of Ferrara), a rival of Ta.s.so, ii. 34, 45, 48.
PINDAR, the professed model of Chiabrera"s poetry, ii. 291, 294.
PIRATES, raids of, on Italy, i. 417.
PISA, first Council of, i. 92; the second, 95.
PIUS IV., Pope (Giov. Angelo Medici): his parentage, i. 109; Caraffa"s antipathy to him, 110; makes Cardinal Morone his counsellor, _ib._; negotiations with the autocrats of Europe, 111; his diplomatic character, 112; the Tridentine decrees, _ib._; keen insight into the political conditions of his time, 113; independent spirit, 115; treatment of his relatives, _ib._; his brother"s death helped him to the Papacy, _ib._; the felicity of his life, 116; the religious condition of Northern Europe in his reign, 117; re-opening of the Council of Trent, 119; his management of the difficulties connected with the Council, 127 _sqq._; use of cajoleries and menaces, 129; success of the Pope"s plans, 130; his Bull of ratification of the Tridentine decrees, 131; his last days, 132; estimate of the work of his reign, 133 _sqq._; his lack of generosity, 142; coldness in religious exercises, 144; love of ease and good companions, 147.
PIUS V., Pope (Michele Ghislieri): his election, i. 137; influence of Carlo Borromeo on him, 137, 145, 147; ascetic virtues, 145; zeal for the Holy Office, 145; edict for the expulsion of prost.i.tutes from Rome, 146; his exercise of the Papal Supremacy, 148; his Tridentine Profession of Faith, _ib._; advocates rigid uniformity, 148; promotes attacks on Protestants, _ib._
PLAGUES: in Venice, i. 418; at Naples and in Savoy, _ib._; statistics of the mortality, 418 _n._; disease supposed to be wilfully spread by malefactors, 420.
POETRY, Heroic, the problem of creating, in Italy, ii. 80.
POLAND, the crown of, sought by Italian princes, ii. 246.
POLE, Cardinal Reginald, i. 76; Papal legate at Trent, 97 _n._
POMA, Ridolfo, one of the a.s.sa.s.sins of Sarpi, ii. 212.
POMPONIUS LAETUS, the teacher of Paul III., i. 81, 82.
POPULAR melodies employed in Church music in the sixteenth century, ii. 318.
PORTRAIT of Charles V. by t.i.tian, i. 42.
"PRESS, Discourse upon the," Sarpi"s, ii. 220.