Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)

by James Montgomery; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

B.

Barbariccia, I. [15].
Barbato, the chancellor of the king
of Naples, I. [120].
Bardi, cavalier de, I. [6].
Barlaam, Bernardo, I. [91].
Barreto, Pedro, governor of Sofala,
III. [323].
Barrili, Giovanni, I. [120].
Basseville, Hugh, II. [314].
Bazan, Don Alvaro, III. [113].
Beatrice Portinari, I. [6].
Bella, the mother of Dante, I. [2].
Bellarmine, cardinal, II. [33].
Bembo, Bernardo, I. [35].
Bembo, cardinal, I. [204].
Benavides, don Diego de, III. [141].
Bene, Sennucio del, I. [90].
Benedict XII., pope, I. [89].
Bermudez, Geronimo, a monk of
the order of St. Dominic, author
of the first original tragedy published
in Spain, III. [97].
Berni, Francesco, his birth and
early life, I. [188].
Notice of his
writings, [189].
Bianchi, I. [18].
Bibbiena, cardinal, I. [188].
Boccaccio, Giovanni di, his birth
and parentage, I. [116].
His early
education, [117].
His sensations
on visiting the tomb of Virgil,
[119].
His first meeting with Petrarch,
[120].
His own account of
his attachment to the lady Mary,
natural daughter of Robert, king
of Naples, [121].
Description of
her person, [122].
Outline of his
poem, entitled "Filocopo," [123].
The first to render the ottava
rima familiar to the Italians, [124].
Obliged to return to Florence,
[125].
The "Decameron," a
model of the Tuscan dialect, [125].
Writes his "Ameto," a composition
of mingled prose and verse,
the first of the kind, [126].
Returns
to Naples on his father's
second marriage, [126].
His description
of the plague in Florence,
[129].
His works preached
against and prohibited by Salvanorola,
[130].
Returns to Florence
on the death of his father.
Commencement of his intimacy
with Petrarch, [131].
Sent on
various embassies, [132].
His political
negotiations, [133].
His
letter to Petrarch, expressing his
regret and disappointment on his
having taken up his abode at
Milan, under the protection of
Giovanni Visconti, [133].
Petrarch's
moderate answer, [134].
Popularity of the "Decameron,"
[134].
His disinterested love of
letters, and extraordinary efforts
to create and diffuse a knowledge
of the Greek language and
writers, [135].
Spends large sums
of money in the acquisition of
ancient manuscripts, [136].
Anecdote
illustrative of his anxiety
for the possession of them, [136].
His unwearied and successful
labour in the cause of Hellenic
literature, [137].
Obtains a decree
from the Florentine government
for the erection of a Greek professorship
in their university, [138].
Beneficial change in moral habits
brought about by the admonitions
and example of Petrarch,
[138].
The work begun by Petrarch,
achieved by a singular
circumstance, [139].
His letter to
Petrarch on the subject, [140].
Adopts the clerical dress, and
endeavours to suppress those
writings which scandalised the
pious, [142].
Retreats from Florence,
and takes up his abode at
the castle of Certaldo, [143].
Brief
review of his later works, [144].
Appointed, on two occasions, ambassador
to pope Urban V., [145].
His letter to Petrarch, describing
his visit to the daughter and son-in-law
of that poet, [146].
Retires
to the quiet of Certaldo, where
he busies himself in the publication
of his work of the "Genealogy
of the Gods," [147].
Appointed
by the Florentine government
to the professorship for
the public explanation of the
"Divina Commedia," [148].
His
last illness and death, [149].
Bojardo, Matteo Maria, his birth,
parentage, and early life, I. [181].
His marriage and death, [182].
Abstract of the story of his
"Orlando Innamorato," [183].
Boniface, pepe, VIII., I. [66].
Borgia, Cæsar, his early life, I. [265].
His remorseless cruelty, [267].
His conversations with Machiavelli,
[268].
Anecdote characteristic
of his system of government,
[279].
His downfal, [281]. His
imprisonment and death, [284].
Boscan Almogaver, Mosen Juan,
the first Spanish poet who introduced
the Italian style, III. [21].
Outline of his life, [22]. Circumstances
which induced him to introduce
the Italian style, [23].
His translation of Castiglione's
"Libro del Cortigiano," [24]. Commencement
of his friendship with
Diego de Mendoza, [25]. Translation
of his epistles in imitation
of Horace, 26. His death, [32].
His person, 33. Review of his
writings, [34].
Boutervek, III. [8].
Bowring, Dr. his translation of the
Spanish Cancionero, III. [9].
Bozzole, Federigo da, II. [66].
Bracciolini, Poggio, I. [151].
Brossana, Francesco, I. [105].
Bruni, Leonardo, I. [18].
Bruno, Giordano, II. [4].
Bubwith, Nicholas, bishop of Bath,
I. [8].
Bulgarelli, Marianna, the prima
donna, II. [191].
Her friendship
for Metastasio, [192].
Her death,
[198].
Buondelmonte, Zanobi, I. [304].
Burchiello, the word "burlesque"
derived from his name and the
style of his writings, I. [180].
Burney, Dr., his account of his
visit to Metastasio in 1772, II. [210].

C.

Cabassoles, Philip de, bishop of
Cavaillon, his intimacy with Petrarch,
I. [83].
Cabral, Antonio, III. [324].
Cabral, Fernando Alvares, III. [311].
Cacciaguida, I. [2].
Caccini, his personal attack upon
Galileo from the pulpit, II. [31].
Cassalpinus, Andrew, the celebrated
botanist, II. [3].
Cæsarini, Virginio, II. [37].
Caffarelli, general, II. [375].
Calderon, don Pedro, his birth,
parentage, and early education,
III. [279]. His fame established as a
poet, [280]. Enters the military service
at the age of five and twenty,
[280]. Summoned to court by a
royal order, for the sake of writing
a drama for a palace festival,
[281]. Quits the army, and becomes
a priest, 281. His death
and character, 282. Review of
his writings, [283].
Calistus II., pope, I. [169].
Caloria, Tommaso, I. [87].
Caluso, the abate, II. [274].
Camara, Ruy Diaz de, III. [327].
Camerlingo, cardinal, II. [163].
Camoens, Vasco Perez de, his birth
and parentage, III. [296]. Extract
from his "Lusiad," [299]. Translation
of a sonnet in commemoration
of that attachment which
shed a disastrous influence over
the rest of his life, [303]. Compared
with Petrarch, [304]. Dr.
Southey's translation of one of
his sonnets, [306]. His exile, [307].
Mutilated in the wars of his
country, but receives neither reward
nor preferment, [310]. His
pathetic description of his friend
Noronha's exile, [312]. Offers to
serve as a volunteer, and accompanies
Vasconcellos in his expedition
against the Mahometans,
[315]. Suspected of composing another
satire; arrested, and banished
to China, [316]. Retires
from the details of business, to
pursue his poetical occupations,
[317]. Obtains leave to return to
Goa; is wrecked at the mouth
of the Mecon, [315]. Pursues his
voyage to Goa, where he is received
by the viceroy with kindness
and distinction, [320]. Extracts
from the seventh canto of
the "Lusiad," [321]. His poem commemorating
the death of Caterina
d'Atayde, [322]. Accompanies
Baretto, when he was appointed
governor of Sofala, [323]. Returns
to Portugal, [324]. Political
state of the country disadvantageous
to him, [325]. Writes the
"Parnasso de Luis Camoens,"
[325]. A pension of 15,000 reis
granted to him, [326]. His illness
and poverty, [327]. His interview
with the cavalier Camara, [328].
His death, [329]. His person, [329].
Review of his life, [330]. Review
of his writings, [332].
Campaldino, the battle of, I. [14].
Camporese, the renowned philosopher,
II. [189].
Cancionero, the, III. [9].
Canigiani, Eletta, the mother of
Petrarch, I. [61].
Caprona, the siege of, I. [15].
Carafa, Federigo, III. [41].
Carnescecchi, Pietro, II. [81].
Caro, Rodrigo, III. [83].
Casavecchia, Filippo, I. [296].
Castañeda, Gabrièl de, III. [133].
Castelli, Benedetti, II. [28].
Castillano, Diego, III. [138].
Castillejo, Cristoval, III. [93]. Specimen
of his style, [94].
Cavalcanti, Guido, I. [19].
Cavalcanti, Mainardo de', I. [134].
Caza, Francesco della, I. [263].
Celsi, Lorenzo, doge of Venice, I. [105].
Cervantes, III. [120]. His birth and
parentage; little known of his
early life, [123]. Enters a student
in the university of Salamanca,
[124]. His poems published at
Madrid, [125]. Leaves Madrid in
the service of cardinal Acquaviva,
[125]. Visits Rome; changes
the whole course of his life; and
volunteers to be a soldier, [126].
His services during the Turkish
war, [127]. Wounded in the battle
of Lepanto, [128]. Receives an
increase of pay, and is passed
into a company of the tercio of
Figueroa, [128]. Visits Rome, Florence,
Venice, Bologna, Naples,
and Palermo, [129]. Taken prisoner
by an Algerine squadron
on his return to Spain, [130] Interesting
details of his captivity,
[131]. Makes several attempts to
regain his liberty, [133]. Detected
in planning his escape; is sentenced
to the bastinado, [137].
His courage and heroism excite
the respect of the friars of the
Order of Mercy, who resided at
Algiers for the purpose of treating
for the ransom of the Christian
captives, [139]. Ransomed for
500 golden ducats, and left free
to return to Spain, [140]. Determines
to refute certain calumnies
of which he was the object, [141].
Returns to his native land depressed
by poverty, and obscured
by want, [142]. Becomes again a
soldier by profession, [143]. First
appears as an author in the year
1584, [144]. His marriage with
donna Catilina de Palacios y
Salazar, [145]. Commences writing
for the theatre; endeavours to
rectify the deficiencies of the
stage and scenery, [146]. Accepts
the situation of commissary, and
sets out with his family for Seville,
[147]. His office abolished;
he becomes the agent to various
municipalities, corporations, and
wealthy individuals, [148]. During
his distasteful employment at
Seville, acquires the bitter view
of human affairs displayed in
Don Quixote, [149]. Translation
of his verses to the monument of
the kings at Seville, [150]. Various
annoyances which he suffered
in his financial occupations
at Seville, [151]. Anecdote, displaying
the style in which justice
was carried on in Spain, [152].
Removes with his family to Valladolid,
[153]. His poverty the great
and clinging evil of his life, [153].
His letter to his uncle during his
imprisonment at La Mancha, [154].
Writes "Don Quixote" during his
imprisonment, [155]. Fails in his
attempt to introduce himself to
the duke of Lerma, [156]. Difficulties
which he encounters in
publishing "Don Quixote," [157].
The "Buscapié" attributed to
him, [158]. Success of "Don Quixote"
excites the enmity of the
men of letters of his day, [160].
Suspected of murder, and thrown
with his entire family into prison,
[162]. Is set at liberty, [162].
Publishes his "Voyage to Parnassus,"
[164]. Anecdote, showing
the high esteem in which "Don
Quixote" was held, [165]. Brings
cut his "Twelve Tales," which
raises yet higher his character
as an author, [167]. His portrait
of himself, in his preface to the
"Twelve Tales," [168]. His account
of the origin of the Spanish
drama, and the amelioration
that he in his younger days introduced,
[169]. Publishes his
"Persiles and Sigismunda," and
the second part of "Don Quixote,"
[170]. His dedication of it
to the count of Lemos, [171]. His
last illness, [172]. His interview
with the student of Toledo, [173].
His farewell letter to the count
of Lemos, [174]. His death, in the
sixty-ninth year of his age, [174].
His character, [174]. Brief review
of his works, [175]. Extract
from his "Numantia," [176]. Extract
from the comedy of "Life
in Algiers," [178]. Extract from
his "Voyage to Parnassus," [184].
Cetina, III. [93].
Charlemagne, I. [2].
Charles of Valois, I. [20].
Chiabrera, Gabbriello, his birth,
parentage, and early education,
II. [163]. Enters into the service
of cardinal Camerlingo, [163].
Writes some odes in imitation of
Pindar; makes the Greek lyrical
poets his models, [164].
Wishes to transfuse the spirit of
the Greeks into the Italian language,
[165].
Style of his poetry,
[166].
Specimen of his serious
style, as translated by Wordsworth,
[166].
His death and character, [168].
Chiaramonte, Scipio, II. [44].
Chrysoloras, Emanuel, I. [151].
Ciani, a Carthusian monk; his visit
to Boccaccio, I. [139].
Clement VI., pope, I. [89].
Colombe, Lodovico delle, II. [28].
Colonna, Giacomo, commencement
of his friendship with Petrarch,
I. [66].
Colonna, cardinal, I. [73].
Colonna, Vittoria, her birth, parentage,
and marriage, II. [77].
Her letter to her husband during
his imprisonment, [78]. Her grief
at his death, [79].
Extracts from
her poems, [80].
Her death, [81].
Conrad III., emperor, I. [2].
Consalvo, the Spanish general, I. [284].
Convennole, I. [63].
Copernicus, II. [7].
Corregio, Azzo, I. [87].
Coutinho, Miguel Rodriguez, III.
[321].
Couto, Diogo de III. [324].

D.

Dante Alighieri, his parentage, I. [1].
Born in the spring of 1265, [2].
Fable concerning his birth, [3].
Extracts from his "Paradiso,"
and his "Inferno," [4].
His early
education, [5].
Enters upon his
noviciate at a convent of the
Minor Friars, but withdraws before
the term of probation was
ended, [6].
Story of his early love
for Beatrice, [7].
Pursues his
studies in the universities of
Padua, Bologna, and Paris, [8].
Supposed to have visited Oxford,
[8].
High estimation in which
his works were held in England,
[9].
His progress in the schools
of divinity and philosophy, [9].
His marriage with Madonna
Gemma, [10].
Style of his poetry,
[11].
His domestic discomforts,
[12].
His character as a citizen, a
soldier, and a magistrate, [13].
Serves among the cavalry in the
battle of Campaldino, [14].
His
extraordinary valour during that
engagement; his allusion to it
in Canto XII. of the "Inferno,"
[15].
Is again in the field
at the siege of Caprona, [15].
Extract
from Canto XXI. of the
"Inferno," alluding to this action,
[16].
Traditional account of
his embassies to the courts of
Hungary, Naples, and France,
[16].
Chosen in the year 1300, by
the suffrages of the people, chief
prior of his native city, [17].
His
endeavours to put down the factions
of the Bianchi and Neri,
[18].
Appeals to the people at
large to support the executive
government, [19].
Accused of partiality
to the Bianchi, [20].
Undertakes
an embassy to Rome, to
solicit the good offices of the
pope towards pacifying his fellow
citizens without foreign interference,
[21].
Anecdote of, [21].
During his absence, his dwelling
demolished by the Neri, his property
confiscated, and a fine of
8000 lire decreed against him,
with banishment for two years,
[22].
Joins himself with the
Bianchi, who transfer their affections
to the Ghibellines, deeming
the adherents of the emperor
less the enemies of their country
than their adversaries, [23].
Withdraws
from the confederacy in
disgust, [23].
Extract from his
"Del Paradiso," in allusion to
this subject, [24].
Extract from
his "Purgatorio," [25].
Endeavours
to obtain a reversal of his
unrighteous sentence, [25].
Appeals
to Henry of Luxemburgh;
dedicates his political treatise,
entitled "De Monarchia," to
that prince, [26].
A third decree
passed against him; he retires to
France, [27].
Anecdotes of his
caustic humour, [28].
Compared
with Marius, [29].
His mental
sufferings during his nineteen
years' banishment, [30].
His letter,
refusing the conditions offered
by the Florentine government,
[31].
His death, on the 14th
of September, 1321, [33].
His
splendid funeral, [34].
Monuments
raised to his memory, [35].
His confiscated property restored
to his family, [35].
His memory
execrated, and his writings proscribed
by pope John XXII., [35].
His person, as described by Boccaccio,
[37].
Anecdote of, 38. His
family, [39].
Notice of his writings,
[40].
Origin of the "Divina
Commedia," [42].
Dramatic character
of the work, [44].
Extract
from Canto X. of the "Inferno,"
[46].
His character as a man and
a poet, [54].
Character of his
poetry, [58].
Demisiano, II. [15].
Demourier, General, II. [315].
Digby, Sir Kenelm, II. [11].
Donati, Corso, I. [12].
Donati Lucretia, I. [156].
Dramatists, the, of Spain, III. [95].

E.

Elia, the faithful servant of Alfieri,
II. [266].
Enriquez, Feliciano, III. [141].
Enzina, Juan, style of his writing,
III. [17]. Translation of one of his
songs, [18].
Ercilla, don Alonzo de, III. [103].
His birth, parentage, and early
education, [103]. Appointed page
to prince Philip, [104]. Leaves the
personal service of the prince to
join the expedition sent against
the Araucanos, an Indian tribe,
in South America, which had
risen against Spain, [106]. His
account of the expedition, [107].
Narrowly escapes an early and
disastrous end, [108]. Leaves Chili
in disgust, without having been
duly rewarded for his services,
[110]. Proceeds to the Terceiras,
and thence to Spain, [111]. His
marriage, [111]. Appointed chamberlain
to Maximilian, [112].
Anecdote of, [112]. Only known in
the literary world by his poem,
"La Araucana," [113]. Critique
on his poem, [114].
Espinel, Vicente, his birth and
parentage, III. [239]. His death,
[240].
Este, cardinal Hippolito d', I. [203].
Anecdote illustrative of his cruelty, [209].
Esto, Bianca d', II. [76].
Exarch, Onofrio, III. [138].
Ezpeleta, don Gaspar de, III. [161].

F.

Fabricius, John, II. [25].
Fabbroni, II. [10].
Faggiuolo, signori della, I. [28].
Faliero, Marino, doge of Venice, I. [105].
Falucci, the conti, I. [28].
Fantoni, Sebastian, II. [51].
Farinelli, the singer, his friendship
for Metastasio, II. [209].
Farnese, Orazio, III. [62].
Fedele, Cassandra, II. [76].
Her
death, 76.
Feliciana de Vega, III. [227].
Fermo, Oliverotto da, I. [266].
Ferranti, Pietro, I. [21].
Ferrara, Cieco da, his writings, I. [179].
Ferreira, Antonio, mentioned as
the classic poet of Portugal, III.
[292]. His death and character,
[293]. Style of his writings, [294].
Ficino, Marsiglio, I. [152].
His birth
and early education, [159].
Brief
review of his works, [160].
His
death, in the sixty-sixth year of
his age, [161].
Figueroa, don Lope, III. [127].
Filicaja, Vincenzo da; his birth,
parentage, and early education,
II. [180].
His marriage, [181]. His
enthusiastic piety, [181].
His characteristics,
facil dignity, and
clearness, [182].
Fills several law
offices of great power and emolument,
[183].
His death, in the
sixty-fifth year of his age, [184].
Foscarinus, Paul Anthony, II. [51].
Foscolo, Ugo, his birth and parentage,
II. [354].
His early education,
[355].
Resolves to follow the steps
of Alfieri, and to acquire fame as
a tragedian; produces his drama
of "Thyestes" at the early age
of nineteen, [356].
Political allusions
that gave it its chief interest,
[357].
Extracts from his
work, entitled "Letters of Jacopo
Ortis," [358].
Leaves Venice,
and takes the road to Tuscany,
[360].
Pursues his way to Milan,
the then capital of the Cisalpine
republic, [361].
His indignation at
the sentence passed by the great
council against the Latin language,
[362].
Falls in love with a
young lady of Pisa, [362].
His attachment
not fortunate; he suffers
all the throes of disappointment
and grief, [363].
Becomes an
officer in the Lombard legion,
[363].
His bravery during the
siege of Geneva, [364].
His letter
to Napoleon, [364].
Returns to Milan
after the battle of Marengo,
[365].
Increases his fame by the
publication of his "Last Letters
of Jacopo Ortis," [365].
Outline
of the piece, [366].
Its success
immediate and striking, [369].
His person, as described by Pecchio,
[369].
Anecdotes of, [370].
Publishes an oration to Bonaparte,
[371].
Its style forcible and
rhetorical, [372].
Enters on the
study of the Greek language;
undertakes the translation of
Sterne's "Sentimental Journey,"
[373].
His egotistical account of
his own singularities, [374].
Undertakes
to make a new edition
of the military works of Montecucoli,
with notes, [375].
Writes
his "Ode on Sepulchres;" outline
of the poem, [376].
Publishes
his translation of the first book of
the Iliad, [377].
Installed professor
in the university of Pavia, [377].
His introductory oration on the
origin and use of letters, [378].
Retreats from the university, to
the seclusion of the Lake of
Como, [378].
Commences his
"Ode to the Graces," [379].
Political
tendency of his writings,
[380].
Submits to an exile from
Milan, and again visits Tuscany,
[381].
Style of his writings in
general, [382].
Resumes his military
duties; promoted to the
rank of colonel, [384].
His conversation
with Pecchio; leaves
Italy in disguise, and takes refuge
in Switzerland, [385].
Repairs
to England, and is received
with open arms by the Whig
party, [386].
Ceases to be a lion,
and retires to the neighbourhood
of St. John's Wood, near the Regent's
Park, [387].
Supports himself
chiefly by writing for the Quarterly
Review, [387].
Outline of
his tragedy of "Ricciarda," [388].
Delivers a course of lectures on
Italian literature, [389].
Obliged
to provide for daily necessity, by
writing for various reviews and
magazines, [390].
His illness, [391].
His death, [392].
His character
and literary merits, [393].
Francesca, daughter of Petrarch,
I. [106].
Frangipani, I. [1].
Franzesi, don Juan, III, [62].
Fuccarius, II. [13].