BARNABITES, Order of the: their foundation, i. 80.
BAROCCIO, Federigo, ii. 349.
BAROZZA, a Venetian courtezan, i. 394, 396.
BASEL, Council of, i. 94.
BEARD, unshorn, worn in sign of mourning, i. 36.
BEDELL, William (Bishop of Kilmore), on Fra Paolo and Fra Fulgenzio, ii. 231.
BEDMAR"S conspiracy, ii. 186.
BELLARMINO, Cardinal, on the inviolability of the Vulgate, i. 212; relations of, with Fra Paolo Sarpi, ii. 213, 222; his censure of the _Pastor Fido_, 251.
BELRIGUARDO, the villa of, Ta.s.so at, ii. 53.
BEMBO, Pietro, i. 30, 41.
BENDEDEI, Taddea, wife of Guarini, ii. 245.
BENTIVOGLI, the semi-royal offspring of King Enzo of Sardinia, ii. 304.
BIBBONI, Cecco: his account of how he murdered Lorenzino de"Medici, i. 488 _sqq._; his a.s.sociate, Bebo, details of the life of a _bravo_, 389; tracking an outlaw, 392; the wages of a tyrannicide, 394; the _bravo"s_ patient watching, 395; the murder, 397; flight of the a.s.sa.s.sins, 399; their reception by Count Collalto, 401; they seek refuge at the Spanish emba.s.sy, 402; protected by Charles V."s orders, 403; conveyed to Pisa, 404; well provided for their future life, _ib._
BITONTO. Pasquale di, one of the a.s.sa.s.sins of Sarpi, ii. 212.
BLACK garments of Charles V., the, i. 43.
BLACK Pope, the, i. 275.
BLOIS, Treaty of, i. 12.
BOBADILLA, Nicholas, a.s.sociate of Ignatius Loyola, i. 240; his work as a Jesuit in Bavaria, 258.
BOLOGNA and Modena, humors of the conflict between, ii. 304.
BOLOGNESE school of painters, the, ii. 343 _sqq._; why their paintings are now neglected, 375 _sqq._; mental condition of Bolognese art, 376.
BONELLI, Michele, nephew of Pius V., i. 147.
BONIFAZIO of Montferrat, Marquis, one of the Paleologi, i. 23.
BORGIA, Francis (Duke of Gandia), third General of the Jesuits, i. 256; prevented by Loyola from accepting a Cardinal"s hat, 260.
BORROMEO, Carlo: his character, i. 115; a possible successor to Pius IV., 135; ruled in Rome by the Jesuits, 142; his intimacy with Sarpi, ii. 194.
---Federigo, i. 115; letter of, forbidding soldiers" visits to convents, 316 _n._
BRANCACCIO, Diana, treachery of, towards the d.u.c.h.ess of Palliano, i. 378; her murder, 379.
"BRAVI," maintenance of by Italian n.o.bles, i. 313; tales ill.u.s.trative of, 388 _sqq._; relations of trust between _bravi_ and foreign Courts, 409.
BRIGANDAGE in Italy, i. 416.
BROWN, Mr. H.F., his researches in the Venetian archives, i. 189 _n._
BRUCCIOLI, Antonio, translator of the Bible into Italian, i. 76.
BRUNO, Giordano: his birth, and training as a Dominican, ii. 129; early speculative doubts, 130; _Il Candelajo_, 131, 183; early studies, 133; prosecution for heresy, 134; a wandering student, 135; at Geneva, 136; Toulouse, 137; at the Sorbonne, 138; the Art of Memory, 139, 154; _De Umbris Idearum_, _ib._; relations with Henri III., 140; Bruno"s person and conversation, 141; in England, _ib._; works printed in London, 142; descriptions of London life, _ib._; opinion of Queen Elizabeth, 143; lecturer at Oxford, 144; address to the Vice-Chancellor, 146; academical opposition, 147; the Ash-Wednesday Supper, _ib._; in the family of Castelnau, 148; in Germany, 149; Bruno"s opinion of the Reformers, _ib._; the _De Monade_ and _De Triplici Minimo_, 150; Bruno in a monastery at Frankfort, 151; invited to Venice, 153; a guest of Mocenigo there, 154; his occupations, 156; denounced by Mocenigo and imprisoned by the Inquisition, 157; the heads of the accusation, 157 _sqq._; trial, 159; recantation, 160; estimate of Bruno"s apology, 161; his removal to and long imprisonment at Rome, 163; his execution, 164; evidence of his martyrdom, 164 _sqq._; Schoppe"s account, 165; details of Bruno"s treatment in Rome, 167; the burning at the stake, 167 _sq._; Bruno a martyr, 168; contrast with Ta.s.so, 169; Bruno"s mental att.i.tude, 170 _sq._; his championship of the Copernican system, 172; his relation to modern science and philosophy, 173; conception of the universe, 173 _sqq._; his theology, 175; the _Anima Mundi_, 177; antic.i.p.ations of modern thought, 178, 182; his want of method, 180; the treatise on the Seven Arts, 182; Bruno"s literary style, 182 _sqq._; his death contrasted with that of Sarpi, 239 _n._
BRUSANTINI, Count Alessandro (Ta.s.soni"s "Conte Culagna"), ii. 301, 306.
BUCKET, the Bolognese, ii. 305.
BUONCOMPAGNO, Giacomo, b.a.s.t.a.r.d, son of Gregory XIII., i. 150.
---Ugo, _see_ GREGORY XIII.
BUONVISI, Lucrezia, story of, i. 330; intrigue with Arnolfini, 331; murder of her husband, 332; Lucrezia suspected of complicity, 334; becomes a nun (Sister Umilia), _ib._; the case against her, 338; amours of inmates of her convent, 340; Umilia"s intrigue with Samminiati, _ib._; discovery of their correspondence, 341; trial and sentences of the nuns, 344; Umilia"s last days, 345.
---Lelio, a.s.sa.s.sination of, i. 332.
BURGUNDIAN diamond of Charles the Bold, the, i. 38.
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CALCAGNINI, Celio, letter of, on religious controversies, i. 74.
CALVAERT, Dionysius, a Flemish painter in Bologna, ii. 355.
CALVETTI, Olimpio (one of the a.s.sa.s.sins of Francesco Cenci), i. 350.
CALVIN, i. 73; his relation to modern civilization, ii. 402.
CAMBRAY, Treaty of (the Paix des Dames), i. 9, 15.
CAMERA Apostolica, the, venality of, i. 140.
CAMERINO, Duchy of, i. 86.
CAMPANELLA, on the black robes of the Spaniards in Italy, i. 44.
CAMPEGGI, Cardinal Lorenzo, i. 21.
CAMPIREALI, Elena, the tale of, i. 428.