Dante, 19; on Boniface VIII, 146; Divine Comedy, 152; character, 152, 153; De Monarchia, 153, 154; views, 154; hails Henry VII, 155, 156; letter to Henry VII, 157-159; follows Thomas Aquinas, 179; importance in literature, 184; effect on Tuscan speech, 184; on the vernacular, 185; painted by Giotto, 190; celebrates Can Grande, 195; invectives against Roman Curia, 274. D'Azeglio, Massimo, 382, 384. Decameron, 274. Decretals, Isidorian, 66. Depretis, 413, 414. Desiderius, 29, 49, 50. Despotisms, 192-200; evils of, 214. Despots, see Despotisms. Di Rudini, 416. Divine Comedy, 184. Domenichino, 352. Donatello, 237-240. Donation of Charlemagne, 50. Donation of Constantine, 46-48, 49, 65. Donation of Pippin, 45, 47, 50. Donizetti, 358. Dossi, Dosso, 309. Ducal palace, Venice, 226. Duomo, Florence, 237. Durante, 358. Election of Emperors, 80. Election of Popes, 91. Emanuele Filiberto, 296. Emo, Angelo, 339. Empire, the, see the Roman Empire. Empire, Eastern, 24; its policy, 25. England, 36. Enzio, 141; capture, 142; death, 143. Este, D', Ercole, duke, 250. Este, House of, 198, 282; move to Modena, 295. Estensi, see House of Este. Eugenius IV, Pope, 288. Exarchs, 26, 36. Ezzelino da Romano, 194. Faliero, Marino, 225. Farnese, Alessandro, see Paul III, Pope. Farnese, Giulia, 275, 288. Farnesi, in Parma, 295; in Piacenza, 305. Ferdinand the Catholic, 263; conquers Naples, 263, 264. Ferdinand I, of Two Sicilies, 368, 370. Ferdinand II, of Two Sicilies (Bomba), 389, 390; death, 402. Ferrara, 246; in High Renaissance, 283; taken by Papacy, 295; Tasso at, 310; visited by Montaigne, 324. Feudalism, 102. Ficino, Marsilio, 245. Fiesole, library at, 233, 234, 251. Fiesole, Mino da, 244. Filicaia, 353. Flagellants, 175. Flemish painters, 243. Florence, Guelf, 133; denounced by Dante, 158; shuts out Henry VII, 159; her guilds, 164; wool trade, 166; bankers, 167; impediments to trade, 167; receives back Ghibellines, 176; in 1283, 182, 183; democratic, 194; about 1300, 202; in Black Death, 210; takes Pisa, 227; under Duke of Athens, 229; revolt of Ciompi, 229; Salvestro dei Medici, 229; Michele di Lando, 229; the oligarchy, 230; in Early Renaissance, 231-241; interest in Plato, 243; under Lorenzo, 250; 1492-1537, 258-263; under Grand Dukes, 294, 295; close of Renaissance, 308, 309; visited by Montaigne, 326, 327. Foligno, 332. Foresti, 370. Formosus, Pope, 68. Foscari, Francesco, Doge, 224 Foscolo, Ugo, 377. France, 58; bows to Innocent III, 122; vigorous monarchy, 145; invades Italy, 253, 254, 255; claims on Italy, 293; defeated by Spain, 293; sends army to Rome, 391, 392, 394; withdraws garrison from Rome, 407; relations with Italy, 412, 413. Francesca, Piero della, 249.