The Book of the Courtier
Florentine territory, story of a soldier who had fled from, 147
Florentines, wont to wear the hood, 104
Florido, Orazio, 71, 352
Foglietta, Agostino, 145, 374-5
Foglino, Scarmiglione da, 377
Foix, Gaston de, 379
Folco, Roberto, Archbishop of Florence, 142, 372
Forden, Katherine, 316
Foreign phrases, instances of allowable use of, 46
Forged document of renunciation, story of a, 151
Forli, Antonello da,—see Antonello da Forli
Fornovo, the battle of, 360
Fortebracci, Braccio, 384
Fra Mariano Fetti, 16, 122, 162, 335
France, 31, 57, 97, 114
Francia, Francesco Raibolini, better known as, 332
Franciotti, Gianfrancesco, 361
Francis I of France, 56-7, 275, 315, 320, 322, 330, 332, 337, 341, 346,
347, 371, 376, 387, 405, 412, 413
Francis II, Duke of Brittany, 395
Francis, St., 308, 416
Fra Serafino, 16, 37, 108, 162, 335
Frederick Barbarossa, 360, 364
Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, 396
Fregosa, Costanza, 14, 54, 73, 334
Fregoso, Agostino, 322
Costanza,—see Fregosa
Federico, 12, 19, 39, 40, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 72, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88,
90, 91, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108,
109, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 155, 169, 170, 172,
173, 221, 222, 223, 224, 234, 244, 294, 321, 330, 331, 334, 340,
346, 367, 407
Ottaviano, 2, 12, 17, 18, 163, 167, 168, 174, 218, 240, 241, 242,
244, 245-87, 322, 330, 334, 376, 407, 409, 414
French fashion of dress:
affected by some, 102;
tends to over amplitude, 103
Frenchmen:
martial exercises excelled in by, 30-1;
said to disprize letters, 56;
whether or not they are presumptuous, 97;
their freedom of manner, 115
Friar and the five nuns, story of the, 136-7
Friars, hypocrisy of the, 188-9
Friends:
choice of, 105-7;
peril of too blind confidence in, 106;
reciprocal duties of, 107
Frigio, Niccolò,—see Frisio
Frisio (or Frigio), Niccolò, 12, 169, 172, 174, 188, 191, 192, 194,
195, 197, 205, 216, 279, 334, 402
Frosinone, the battle of, 379
Frozen words, story about, 132-3
Gæa, 411
Galatea, 388
Galba, Sergius Sulpicius, 44, 51, 340, 344
Galeotto, Giantommaso, 138, 367
Galeotto Marzi da Narni, 136, 365, 367
Galpino, a servant of “My lord Magnifico,” 144
Gama, Vasco da, 364
Gambara, Veronica, 395
Gambling, 108
Games proposed by various members of the court, 13-9
Gaming, 108
Garigliano, the battle of, 313
Garter, the order of the, 173, 313, 387
Garzia, Diego, 141, 371
Garzoni’s _L’Hospidale de Pazzi Incurabili_, 373
Gaspar, my lord,—see Pallavicino
Gaultier, Pierre, 420
Gazuolo, story of a peasant girl of, 214
General repute, illustrations of the influence of, 113
Generosity, a duty of princes, 273-4
Generous, all givers are not, 276-7
Genoa, the Doge of,—see Fregoso, Ottaviano
Genoese Riviera, wine from the, 113
Genoese spendthrift, retort made by a, 139
Gentle birth, requisite in the courtier, 22-5
George, St., 404
German fashion of dress:
affected by some, 102;
tends to over scantiness, 103
German student at Rome, story of a, 139
German women of Roman times, heroism of, 201
Geryon, 275, 411
Ghirlandajo, 343
Giancristoforo Romano, 12, 66, 135, 333, 404
Gianluca da Pontremolo, 151
Giglio, Domenico, 420, 421
Giolito de’ Ferrari, Gabriel, 419, 420
Giorgio da Castelfranco,—see Giorgione
Giorgione, 50, 313, 343-4, 350, 369
Giovenale, Ettore Romano, 71, 351-2
Latino, de’ Manetti, 151, 379
Giovio, Paolo, 330, 369, 420
Giulia, a virtuous peasant girl, 403
Giulio Romano, 314
Giunta, the heirs of Filippo di, 320, 419, 421
Giunti, Benedetto, 419
Giunti, the heirs of Bernardo, 420
Glutton, rebuke administered by the Marquess Federico to a, 145
Goethe’s “Travels in Italy,” 334-5
Golden Fleece, the order of the, 173, 387
Gonnella, a buffoon, 162, 384
Gonnella, Bernardo, his father, 384
Gonzaga, Alessandro, 142, 143, 373
Barbara, Duchess of Würtemberg, 394, 404
Cecilia, 394
Cesare, 12, 14, 21, 28, 32, 37, 69, 70, 86, 96, 104, 128, 131, 134,
174, 179, 208, 210, 213, 215, 216, 218, 231, 235, 236, 237, 243,
245, 257, 269, 273, 296, 307, 309, 331-2, 402, 403, 407
Eleanora, Duchess of Urbino, 244, 318, 407
Elisabetta, Duchess of Urbino, 2, 11-2, 13, 16, 20, 32, 43, 71, 73,
80, 104, 112, 156, 163, 167, 169, 170, 172, 174, 175, 216, 221,
228, 236, 241, 242, 245, 265, 269, 273, 280, 287, 288, 292, 297,
307, 309, 314, 317, 318, 322-3, 329, 334, 335, 341, 352, 380, 388,
394, 398, 404, 405, 407, 409
Federico, Marquess of Mantua, 145, 148, 279, 322, 340, 373, 409
Federico, Marquess and afterwards Duke of Mantua, 279, 343, 362, 373,
374, 379, 413-4
Francesco,—see Gianfrancesco
Giampietro, 331
Gianfrancesco, Marquess of Mantua, 274, 313, 317, 318, 341, 352, 360,
372, 373, 374, 381, 383, 398, 407, 409-10, 413
Gianfrancesco, uncle to “My lady Duchess,” 404
Giovanni, 142, 373
Ludovico, Bishop of Mantua, 215, 403-4
Ludovico, Marquess of Mantua, 374, 404
Luigi, 331
Luigia, 313
Maddalena, 380
Margarita, 73, 192, 352
Gonzaga family, eulogy of the women of the, 202
Good, the correlative and necessary accompaniment of evil, 78
Good government, three forms of, 260
Gosilano, the Count of, (Don Pedro di Cardona), 375
Goths, the time when Italy was ruled by the, 202
_Governo misto_, 261, 269-70, 409
Gracchi, the, 344, 389
Gracchus, Caius Sempronius, 51, 344
Grace:
cannot be learned, but may be cultivated, 34;
lies chiefly in the avoidance of affectation, 35
Grace requisite in the courtier, 23
Granada, the conquest of, 203, 219-20
Grand Turk, the,—see Bajazet II
Graphic narrative, 127
Gravity of visage, the effect of pleasantry heightened by, 154
Great Captain, the,—see Consalvo de Cordoba
Greece, 65, 192, 219
Greek:
Hannibal said to have written in, 58;
the courtier to be conversant with, 59;
Castiglione prefers that his son should devote less attention to
Latin than to, 347
Greek dialects, discussion of, 47
Gregory, St., 393
Grove’s Dictionary of Music, 359
Guicciardini, 409
Hadrian’s mausoleum, afterwards the Castle of St. Angelo, 367
Handmaidens, the Festival of the, 199-200, 392
Hands, the beauty of, 55
Hanging, the method by which a Spanish cavalier hoped to escape, 148-9
Hannibal, 58, 201, 274, 347, 376, 392, 408
Harmodius, 390
Harmonia, 191, 389-90
Harsy, Denys de, 419
Hasdrubal, 191, 389
Helen of Troy, 351, 387, 415
Henry, Prince of Wales,—see Henry VIII of England
Henry IV of England, 413
Henry V of England, 412-3
Henry VII of England, 313, 327, 412-3
Henry VIII of England, 276, 332, 348, 371, 412
Hera, 387
Heraclea, 390
Hercules, 171, 275, 305, 408, 411, 412
Hermes, 339, 391
Hermit, Lavinello’s, a character in Bembo’s _Gli Asolani_, 288, 415
Hernand, Pietro, 368
Hernand y Aguilar, Gonzalvo,—see Consalvo de Cordoba
Herodotus, 400
Herrick, Robert, 338
Hesiod, 49
Hiero of Syracuse, 191, 389-90
High standard, to be aimed at, even if a higher cannot be attained, 116
Hipparchus, 390
History, the courtier to be versed in, 59
Hobbie, Sir Thomas, 316
Hoby, Thomas, 316, 420, 421, 422
William, 316
Hohenstauffen rulers of Naples, 375
Homer, 41, 44, 49, 53, 57, 61, 62, 284, 315, 348, 391
Honesty and uprightness, requisite in the courtier, 56
Honour of women, discussion as to the regard to be shown to the, 162
Horace, 44, 340
Horse afraid of weapons, story about a, 138
Horse-breeding, 274
Horsemanship, the courtier to be an adept in, 30
Hortensius Hortalus, Quintus, 44, 339
Huguetan, Jean, 420
Humanities, the courtier to be versed in the, 59
Humour, beginning of the discussion on, 120
Hunchbacks, story of two, 151
Hungary, “the other queen of,”—see Aragon, Beatrice
Hunyadi, János, of Hungary, 397
Husbands and wives, ill treatment between, 193
_Hypnerotomachia Poliphili_, 405
Iapetus, 408
Icarus, 342
Ignorance:
as to confessing, 116-7;
one of the gravest faults of princes, 247;
the root of evil, 254-6
Iliad, the, kept by Alexander the Great at his bedside, 57
Imitation, in literary style: 41;
more necessary for the moderns than for the ancients, 49
_Imprese_ (devices), 12, 330
Improbabilities, to be avoided in conversation, 119
Incongruity, the source of laughter, 124
Incontinence in men, no more excusable than unchastity in women, 206
India, 285
Inghirami, Paolo, 367
Tommaso, (“Fedra”), 138, 367, 375
Innocent VIII, 341, 371, 372
Innuendo, instances of witty, 145-7
Innys, William, 421
Ippolito d’Este,—see Este
Isabella del Balzo, Queen of Naples, 205, 397, 399-400
Isabella the Catholic:
referred to as “the queen,” 150;
mentioned, 156, 202-4, 219, 377, 378, 384, 396-7, 412, 413
Isaia di Pippo of Pisa, 333
Ischia, the island of, 319
Ismail Sufi I of Persia, 173, 387-8
Isocrates, 51, 344, 409
Isola Ferma, 222, 405
Italian language, derived from the Latin, 43
Italians:
martial exercises in which they excelled, 30;
military decadence of, 58-9, 347;
lamentable lack of any style of dress peculiar to, 103;
become a prey to other nations, 103, 347
Italy, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 40, 43, 44, 46, 103, 114, 171, 198, 202, 274,
347
James I of England, 413
James IV of Scotland, 413
Janus, 407
Japan, THE COURTIER said to have been carried to, 324
J. C. L. L. J., an anonymous German translator of THE COURTIER, 316,
421
Jem,—see Djem
Jena University Library, 417
Jerome, St.,—see St. Jerome
Jobinus, Bernhardus, 420, 421
Johannes Hyrcanus, King of the Jews, 389
John III of Portugal, 317
John, King of Hungary, 397
Joly, Aristide, (_De Balthassaris Castillionis opere_, etc.), 417
Jousting, deemed by Djem too serious for sport, 141
Jove, 184, 252, 388
Jovinianus, St. Jerome’s first tract against, 388
Juan, Infant of Castile, 396
Juan II of Castile, 396
Juan II of Navarre and Aragon, 397
Judgment Day, story of lady who dreaded to appear nude on the, 132
Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere), 10, 12-3, 137, 138, 151, 153, 274,
313, 314, 318, 319, 321, 325, 328-9, 330, 332, 334, 335, 336, 342,
343, 361, 365, 366, 371, 372, 375, 377, 378, 380, 382, 383, 400,
404, 410, 413
Juno, 199
Jupiter Feretrius, 325
Juste, Françoys, 419
Justice, the good prince’s first care, 270
Justinian, the Emperor, 393
“King Louis,”—see Louis XII
“King of France, The,” a phrase signifying the acme of royal power, 272
Kiss, the origin and meaning of the, 300-1
Knowledge, the essential prerequisite of literary style, 45
Kratzer, Lorenz, 316, 420
Lacedemonians, cultivators of music, 64
Ladislas II of Bohemia, 397
Lady at church and the beggar, story of the, 125
Lælius, Caius (Sapiens), 51, 106, 344, 358
Laïs, 402
Landi, Agostino, 334
Caterina, 334
Count Marcantonio, 334
Landriano, Gerardo, Bishop of Como, 366
Language, in what consists the excellence of, 53
Languages, the courtier ought to know many, 115
Laocoön, the, 349
Lapi, Checca, 384
Lascaris, Constantine, 330, 397
Lasso, Pedro, 420
Latin:
the source of Italian, 43;
the courtier to be conversant with, 59;
Castiglione prefers that his son should devote more attention to
Greek than to, 347