The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.Celesia, Emanuele
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The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.
Celesia, Emanuele
Fiéschi, Gian Luigi, conte di Lavagna, 1522-1547; Genoa (Italy) -- History
Braculli, historian, 82
Brutus, Gianluigi Fieschi compared with, 146
Burlamacchi, Francesco, his revolutionary schemes, 104
Caffaro, first Genoese annalist, 299
Calcagno, Vincenzo, co-conspirator of Fieschi, his origin and
character, 116;
at first opposed the conspiracy, 117;
his part in it, 143, 158;
supports the attack on S. Tommaso, 160, 162, 166;
sails with other conspirators to Marseilles, 183;
condemned to banishment, 192;
killed by Spinola after the surrender of Montobbio, 220
Calvi, Annina, touching history of, 252
----, Antonio, 166
Calvin, guest of the Duchess of Ferrara, 309
Cambiaso, Luca, painter, 202, 315
Campanaceo, historian, 25, 169
Campanella, writer and conspirator of Spain, 328, 333, 336
Capello, Bianca, famous courtesan, 329
Capelloni, Lorenzo, historian, 26, 319
Capponi, family of, in Florence, 126, 268
Capuano, Gianluigi, victim of Toledo in Naples, 260
Caracciolo, Giano, Governor-General of Piedmont, 115
Caraffa, an Italian reformer, 27
Cardano, Italian author, 303, 306, 336
Caretto, Marquis of, 16, 325
Carnesecchi, writer of the sixteenth century, 268, 312, 313
Caro, Annibale, author, 132, 137, 236, 237
Casoni, Genoese annalist, 27, 236, 301
Castelvetro, Lodovico, reformer, 309
Castiglione, 269, 270, 312
Catando d’Arimini, friend of Fieschi, 137, 174
Catilini, Fieschi compared with, 17, 23
Cato quoted by Fieschi, 140
Cellini, Benvenuto, artist, 29, 235, 328
Centurione, Prince Adamo, 67;
promises his daughter in marriage to Fieschi, 68, 101, 149, 153,
166, 185, 254, 261
----, Benedetto, 188
----, Gianetta, daughter of Prince Adamo, 67;
espoused to Gianettino Doria, 69
----, Grimaldi Nicoletta, authoress, 84
----, Manfredo, 183, 211
Charlemagne, 35
Charles III. of Savoy, 33
---- V., Emperor, 20;
his election, 24;
great only in the extent of his dominions, 31;
the humiliation of Italy dates from his reign, 36;
his acquisition of Milan, 109, 111, 119, 146, 185, 230, 231, 234,
237, 242, 245, 254, 262, 266, 279, 281, 283, 328
---- IX. of France, 322
Clement V., Pope, 11
---- VI., Pope, 96
---- VII., Pope, 26, 32, 329
---- VIII., Pope, 43, 99, 297
Colonna, Roman patricians, 28, 42
----, Stefano, 206
----, Vittoria, supposed to have been a Protestant, 309
Columbus, Christopher, 39
Conspiracies prevalence of, 36
Conte, Giacobbe, commander of Fieschi’s galleys, 142, 192
Coreggio, Fulvia, Countess of Mirandola, 298
Corsairs, Turkish and Barbary, 282, 283
Cosimo, Duke, 68, 104, 105, 169, 187, 206, 226, 229, 245, 265, 269,
284, 293
Cybo, Cardinal, 74, 187, 250, 264, 265
----, Caterina, Duchess of Camerino, 74, 85, 280
----, Eleonora, her marriage with Count Fieschi, 74, 265;
her literary accomplishments, 85;
her second marriage, 279;
retires to a convent, 280
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