Lives of the early Medici : $b As told in their correspondence
History
Lives of the early Medici : $b As told in their correspondence
Florence (Italy) -- History; Medici, Cosimo de', 1389-1464; Medici, House of; Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492; Medici, Piero de', 1416-1469
---- Carlo de’ (illegitimate son of Cosimo), 38, 132
---- Chiarissimo de’, 2
---- Clarice de’, 128; marriage festivities of, 129; letter to, from
Rinaldo Orsini, 134; letter to, from Gentile Becchi, 138; letter to,
from Lorenzo, 161; 173; letters to, from Poliziano, 177, 178; letter
from, to Lorenzo, 178; 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 217; letter from, to
Lorenzo on Poliziano, 218; 266, 268, 270, 288, 290, 291; death of,
296, 297; 298
---- Contessina de’, letter from, to her husband Cosimo, 10; letter
from, to her son Giovanni, 14; letters from, to her son Piero, 48, 50;
letters from, to her son Giovanni, 51, 53, 54, 55; letter from, to
Ginevra, 58; letter from, to her son Piero, 62; letter from, to her
son Giovanni and his wife, 62; 71, 74, 80, 109, 111, 113; letter from,
to Lucrezia, 117; 125, 141, 157; letter to, from A. de’ Conio, 158;
162, 172, 173
---- Contessina de’, daughter of Lorenzo, 220; letter to, from her
father, 310
---- Cosimo de’ (Pater Patriæ), 6; description of by Machiavelli, 7;
generosity of, to men of letters, 8; Vespasiano on, 9; letter to,
from his wife, 10; letter from, to his cousin Averardo on Milanese
matters, 11; letters from, to the same on the war with Lucca, 15,
16, 18; diary of, 19; return of, from exile, 28; letter from, to his
son Piero at Venice, 31; goes to Venice, 33; letter to, from Niccolò
Fortebraccio, 34; letter to, from his brother Lorenzo, 35; letters to,
from Count Francesco Sforza about Fortebraccio and the Duke of Milan,
36, 38, 39, 41; letter to, from the same about Foligno, 44; 50, 51;
letter from, to his son Giovanni on the war between Venice and Milan,
52; 53, 54, 56, 57; speech of, to Luca Pitti, 58; letter from, to his
son Giovanni, 59; 60; home life of, 61; 62; letter from, to his son
Giovanni, 63; letter to, from Pius II. on the death of Giovanni, 64;
letters from, to Pius II., 65, 66; letter from, to his son Piero, 70;
assistance given by, to Francesco Sforza, 71; document from Francesco
Sforza bestowing privileges on, 71; letter from, to Ficino, 73; last
illness of, 74; character of, by Ficino, 76; memorandum on death of,
by his son Piero, 77; note of expenses for funeral of, 79; declared
Pater Patriæ, 81; 82, 83, 84; praise of, by Pius II., 84; condolence
on death of, by Louis XI., 85; 144, 151, 152
---- Filigno di Conte de’, Diary of, 2
---- Filippo de’, Archbishop of Pisa, letter from, to Piero about the
marriage contract of Clarice Orsini, 120; letter from, to Lorenzo
announcing marriage by proxy with Clarice Orsini, 127; 168
---- Giambuono, progenitor of the, 1
---- Ginevra de’ (Cavalcanti), wife of Lorenzo, Cosimo’s brother, 10,
41, 80
---- Ginevra de’ (degl’ Alessandri), wife of Giovanni, son of Cosimo,
letter to, from Contessina, 62; 80
---- Giovanni de’, surnamed Bicci, popularity of, 5; advice to his
sons on his deathbed, 6; 151
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