Conio, Nicoletta, 288–9
Constance, Council of, 80
Constantine XI, Emperor, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 107–8, 110, 112
Constantinople
the Polos pass through, 8
the Genoese attack Venetian colony in, 9
and plague, 23, 24
Carlo Zeno tries to rescue John V Palaeologus in, 55
falls to the Ottomans, 97–113, 115, 122
Bartolomeo Marcello sent to negotiate agreement with Mehmet II, 113
Mehmet II agrees to let Venetians re-establish trading colony in, 114, 135
Gentile Bellini in, 136–8, 177
name, 136n
aggressive incidents against Venetian traders in, 201
skin of Marcantionio Bragadm carried in triumph to, 205
Uluch All returns to, 213
Sabbatai Zevi taken to, 239
Safiye in, 248–9
only a few Venetian tradmg agents remain in, 249
news of Venetian blockade of Dardanelles reaches, 252
and coffee, 300
brief references, 11, 46, 54, 61, 64, 134, 175, 250, 251, 255, 256, 301, 326
Contarini, Andrea, Doge of Venice, 61, 62–3, 64, 67, 69
Contarini, Fedengo, 94
Contanni, Giacomo, 118, 119
Contarim, Leonardo, 117
Contarim, Lucrezia, 116, 117, 118
Contarini family, 116, 119 see also names of individuals
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 187–8, 260, 262–3, 269, 272, 274
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, 188
Corfu, 24, 33, 112, 198, 199, 209, 213, 248, 295–7
Cornaro, Andrea, 141, 147, 148, 149
Cornaro, Caterma see Caterma, Queen of Cyprus
Cornaro, Giorgio, 162–3, 165, 168
Cornaro, Marco, 141, 153, 163
Cornaro, Pietro, 54–5
Cornaro family, 141, 163, 169 see also names of individuals
Coron, 254
Corone, 35, 36
Correr, Angelo see Gregory XII, Pope
Corsair pirates, 248
Corte Milione (formerly Ca’ Polo), Venice, 6, 8–9
Cossa, Cardinal see John XXIII, Pope
Council of Constance, 80
Council of Forty, 38, 69
Council of Pisa, 77, 78, 79, 93–4
Council of Ten
laws on dress, 5
and Mann Falier, 37, 40, 41
Carlo Zeno stripped of office and sentenced by, 69
and Carmagnola, 88, 93–4
sends galleys to Constantinople, 99
and the Foscans, 116, 119–20, 121, 122, 123
convinced by Colleoni’s plan for relief of Brescia, 128, 129
and statue of Colleoni, 133–4
and financial problems, 134
hears reports of negotiations by James II of Cyprus, 144
growing power of, 152, 153, 154
and spies, 154, 275, 321, 327
learns of Rizzo di Marino’s plan, 154, 157
deals with Rizzo di Marino, 159–60
and Queen Caternia (Caternia Cornaro), 161, 163, 165–6, 167, 168, 169
makes enquiries about cause of explosion and fire at Arsenale, 200–1
and Bianca Capello, 227, 230
more executive power transferred to, 242
and Spanish Plot, 244
and the tension between liberalism and repression, 275, 276
increasingly repressive, 299, 321, 331
imposes development of ‘cells’ in public establishments, 300
sentences Lorenzo Da Ponte to exile, 319
and Casanova, 327
indecisive foreign policy, 332
brief references, 1, 2
Counter-Reformation, 240n, 266
courtesans, 222–6
Cracow, University of, 187
Crawford, Francis Marion, 206
Cremona, 89, 91, 92, 93, 127, 277, 280
Crete
plague spreads to, 24
slaves in, 28
revolt in, 45–9
Vettore Pisani in, 55
Jacopo Foscari exiled to, 122, 123
conflict between Venice and Ottomans over, 249–50, 251–2, 253–4
Venice loses last remaining outposts in, 295
brief references, 19, 34, 64, 77, 79, 202, 213, 241, 256, 298
Crimea, 22, 31, 138
Cromwell, Oliver, 238
currency, 17, 18, 19, 197 see also paper money
Curzola, 33
Battle of, 10–11, 16, 19
Cydades, 114
Cyprus
Venice has preferential trading rights with, 19
and slaves, 28
coronation of King Peter II, 52
Genoa gains control of, 52
Venice accepts prevailing Genoese control of, 68
importance for commerce between Europe and eastern Mediterranean, 140
Lusignan dynasty of, 140
James II becomes ruler of, 140–1
agrees alliance with Venice, 141
marriage by proxy between Caterina Cornaro and James II, 141–2, 143
James II engaged in widespread diplomatic activity, 144
Venetian Senate sends letter to James II, 144–5
Caterina departs for, 145
Caterina’s life with James II in, 146–7
presence of Mocenigo’s fleet causes concern in, 147
James II limits activities of Venetian fleet in, 147–8
death of James II in, 148–9
situation after death of James II, 150–1, 153–61
pressure on Caterina to abdicate, 161–3
Caterma signs letter of abdication, 163–4
departure of Caterina from, 164
Caterma allowed to keep title of Queen of, 164
Venice maintains fiction that Caterina is ruler of, 166
Ottomans gam control of, 200, 201–5
brief references, 45, 47, 56, 174, 209, 213, 241, 249
Cyrillius, St, 34 and n
and n Cythera, 298
Dalmatia, 33, 44, 45, 56, 60, 68, 80, 81, 82, 135, 202, 209, 243, 244, 252, 298
Damascus, 140
Damat Ali, Grand Vizier, 295
Damietta, 157
Dandolo, Andrea, Doge of Venice, 32–3, 34, 36–7
Dandolo, Admiral Andrea, 9, 10, 11
Dandolo, Giovanni, 38–9
Dandolo, Leonardo, 45
Dandolo, Nicolò, 201, 202, 203
Dante Alighieri, 27, 224
Inferno, 27
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 314–20, 326, 331
Così fan tutti (libretto), 319
Don Giovanni (libretto), 319, 320, 326
The Marriage of Figaro (libretto), 319
Dardanelles, 252, 297
Battle of the, 253
see also Hellespont
Davanzo, Pietro, 100–1
Delos, 28
Demetrios (Cypnot aide), 166–7
Denmark, 246
Descartes, René, 275
Dias, Bartolomeu, 174
Diedo, Alviso, 111
Doge’s Palace, Venice
dispute between Isarello and Dandolo in, 39
and conspiracy of Falier and Ghiazzi, 40, 41, 42
painting of Contanni’s triumphant arrival, 67
Carmagnola in, 94–5
banquet at, 118
incriminating evidence against Jacopo Foscan in, 120, 121
Doge Francesco Foscari retreats into, 123
Doge Foscari escorted from, 124
Doge Foscari’s body laid out in, 125
Caterina Cornaro married by proxy in, 142, 143
Rizzo di Marino held in, 158
Rizzo di Marino demands to be executed outside, 160
Titian commissioned to complete series of paintmgs in, 179
Spanish Plot to storm and seize, 244
Bruno’s trial in, 266
and gambling, 302
Casanova�
�s imprisonment and escape, 327–9
brief references, 62, 152, 180, 213, 311
rooms:
Camera dell’Armamento, 39
Great Council Chamber, 39, 67, 118, 142, 179
Hall of the Council of Ten, 266
The Leads (Il Prombi), 327–8, 329
Orba prison, 95
Salle delle Quattro Porte, 94
Dolfin, Giovanni, 123, 124, 125
Dominici, Giovanni, Archbishop of Ragusa, 75–6, 78
Don, River, 16
Donato, Ermolao, 121
Donizetti, Gaetano: Caterina Cornaro, 169–70
Doria, Giovanni, 35–6
Dona, Admiral Giovanni Andrea, 198, 199, 201, 202, 209, 210, 211–12
Dona, Admiral Lamba, 9, 10, 30
Dona, Admiral Luciano, 58, 59, 60
Dona, Paganino, 30, 34, 35–6, 54, 56
Dona, Pietro, 60, 61, 66
Doria family, 30 see also names of individuals
Dresden, 286, 319, 322, 326
Dumas, Alexandre, 329
Durer, Albrecht, 184
Dux, 329
Edward I, King of England, 12
Edward III, King of England, 19
Egypt, 15, 18, 28, 144, 150, 153–4, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 164, 174, 175, 201
Eleanor of Aragon, Duchess of Ferrara, 165–6
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 249
Elton, Charles and Mart, 51
England/Britain, 24, 53, 78, 79, 171, 176, 200, 238, 242, 262, 263, 312, 313, 316 see also London
Engronland, 14–15
Enlightenment, 246
Erasmus, 184, 263
Estotiland, 15
Euclid: Elements, 190
Eugene, illegitimate child of James II of Cyprus, 146, 148, 150
Eugene of Savoy, Prince, 296, 298
Euphrasian Basilica, Parenzo, 34
explorers, 5–9, 11–17, 174
Fabregues, Louis, Archbishop of Nicosia, 149, 150, 156
Fabncius, Hieronymus, 260, 261, 262
Falier (née Gradenigo), Aloica, dogaressa of Venice, 38, 42, 44
Falier, Marin, Doge of Venice, 37–42, 43, 44, 70
Fallopius, Gabnele, 260
Famagusta, 52, 55, 146, 147, 148, 150, 164, 203–5, 206, 209, 210, 212
Castle, 163–4
Cathedral of St Nicholas, 146, 149
Ferrante I, King of Naples, 139, 144, 149, 150, 156, 166
Ferrari, Ludovico, 195
Ferro, Scipione del, 191, 196
Fieschi, Luigi de’, 57 and n
finance, 17–20, 44–5, 134, 197, 304–5
Fior, Antonio, 191–2, 196
Flangini, Admiral Ludovico, 297, 298
Florence
gold florin, 17, 19
banks, 17, 19
and slaves, 29
exerts pressure on King Ladislas of Naples, 78
plays role in engineering election of Pope Alexander V, 78
‘Party of the Land’ favours alliance with, 82
signs agreement with Venice, 86
signs Peace of Lodi, 131
assassination plot against ruler of 139
Bianca Capello in, 227–30
Galileo in, 269
Galileo warned not to return to, 271
Galileo accepts post at court in, 274
opera invented in, 277–8
brief references, 73, 79, 85, 175, 184, 260, 327
Fondacio del Tedeschi, Venice, 74 and n, 179
Fontana, Niccolò see Tartaglia
Foreign Office, London, 313
Foscari, Francesco, Doge of Venice, 83–4, 86, 88, 90–1, 92, 95, 115–16, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123–5, 126
Foscari, Jacopo, 116–23, 124
Foscarini, Andrea (Zuanne Cocco), 220–1
Fourth Genoese War see War of Chioggia
France
Genoa falls to, 68
in League of Cambrai, 171
Carlo Goldoni in, 290–1
John Law and the economy of, 304–5
and War of Austrian Succession, 312
revolutionary ideas in, 316–17
revolution in, 320–1, 330, 331, 332
Casanova banished from, 327
Casanova escapes to, 329
demands expulsion of Louis XVIII from Verona, 330–1
Bonaparte’s army in Italy, 330–1
conflict with Venice, 332–3
fall of Venice to, 333
brief references, 53, 75, 78, 79, 224, 242, 245, 246, 254
see also Avignon; Paris
Francis I, King of France, 185
Francis II, Emperor, 330, 331, 332
Franco, Veronica, 223–6
Letteri familiari a diversi, 226
Frankfurt, 265
Book Fair, 264 and n
Fraschia, 48
Frederick the Great, 312, 327
French North America, 304–5
French Revolution, 320–1, 330, 331, 332
Gaidouromsi, 48
Galen, 260–1, 262, 269
Galilei, Galileo, 187, 188, 190, 269–75
Sidereus Nuncius, 274
Galilei, Vincenzo, 277–8
Gama, Vasco da, 174
Gamba, Marina, 271–2, 274
Gambia, River, 139
gambling, 193, 234–5, 300–3, 305–6, 325
Gasparo (servant of Jacopo Fascari), 120
Gatten, G.L., 143
Gazzetta, 275, 300
Geneva, 17, 154, 263, 304
Genoa
expansion of Venetian enterprise spurred on by competition with, 6
poses threat to expansion of Venetian trade, 9
attacks Venetian colony in Constantinople, 9
conflict with Venice (1298), 9–11
Marco Polo take prisoner by, 11
trade-inspired expeditions, 16–17
currency, 17
slump in trade, 19
and plague, 25
and slave trade, 28
victory at Battle of the Bosphorus, 30–1
defeated at Alghero, 31
impact of defeat on, 31–2
forced to sign ‘treaty’ with Milan, 32
renewed conflict with Venice, 33–6
signs peace treaty with Venice, 44
increasing tensions between Venice and, 52–3
at war with Venice (War of Chioggia), 55–68
and peace conference at Turin, 68
falls to the French, 68
Carmagnola becomes governor of, 85
Carmagnola stripped of his post in, 85
and the siege of Constantinople, 102–3, 110, 111
James II of Cyprus sends envoys to, 144
brief references, 15, 17–18, 37, 47, 48, 73, 75, 91, 114, 140, 175, 176, 198, 199, 288
George II, King of England, 322
Gergy, Comte de, 307
Germany, 18, 53, 180, 309
Gerona, 32
Ghana, 18
Ghetto Nuova, Venice, 231
Ghetto Vecchio/Old Ghetto, 231, 236
Ghiazza, Stefano, 39–40
Gibbon, Edward, 80
Giblet, Tristan de, 156, 157, 158, 159
Giblet, Vera de, 151, 156, 157
Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli), 177–9, 180, 297, 309
The Tempest, 178
The Three Philosophers, 178–9
Giovanna, Queen of Sicily and Jerusalem, 47
Girò, Anna, 284, 285
Giudecca (formerly Spinalunga), 24–5, 63
Giustiman, Mario, 55, 56
Giustmian, Taddeo, 60, 62, 66
Giustiman family, 54 see also names of individuals
glass-making, 73–4
gold, 17, 18, 19, 197
Golden Book (Lilro d’oro), 68, 214, 333
Golden Cage, 248n, 250
Golden Horde, 22–3
Golden Horn, 30, 55, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 111, 249
Goldom, Carlo,
287–91, 318, 322
Aristide (libretto), 288
Belisario (play), 288
Don Giovanni (play), 288
Gold Standard, 197
Gozzi, Abbé, 323
Gozzi, Bettina, 323
Gozzi, Carlo, 290, 315
The Love of Three Oranges, 290
Gozzi, Gasparo, 315, 317, 318
Gradenigo, Giovanni, Doge of Venice, 44
Gradenigo, Leonardo, 46, 47, 48
Gradenigo, Marco, 46, 48