The Tigress of Forli (58 page)

and death of Gian Galeazzo,
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and Forlì-Florence relationship,
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and French attack on Milan,
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retakes Milan,
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imprisoned by French,
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and godfather for Francesco,
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as guarantor of contract between Caterina and citizens,
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implores Caterina to return to Castrocaro,
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informed of Caterina's treatment after fall of Ravaldino,
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letters to,
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sends Abbot Bossi to aid Caterina,
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and sister Chiara's welfare,
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and source of reinforcements in siege of Forlì,
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and transfer of assets to Cesare,
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as unable to help against Venetian armies,
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Sforza, Maria (brother of Galeazzo),
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Sforza, Stella (sister).
See
Landriani, Stella

Sforza family,
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as viper in Sistine Chapel mural,
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Sforzinda
(Filefo),
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Siege of Forlì (1499),
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preparations for,
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children sent to Florence,
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capitulation of town except for Ravaldino,
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parleys between Caterina and Borgia,
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bounties offered for leaders on both sides,
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chroniclers of,
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favorable developments offer promise for Caterina,
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and constitution of Ravaldino,
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weakness of against new technology,
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makeup of Cesare Borgia's army,
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mistreatment of townspeople by army,
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tunnels attempted under moat,
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bombardment,
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reinforcements arrive from Florence,
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public opinion in Caterina's favor,
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Borgia concentrates on southern wall of Ravaldino,
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Caterina's soldiers desert,
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final assault and retreat to keep,
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and Caterina's courage,
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betrayal from within and final surrender,
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Machiavelli on final collapse,
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carnage and executions in aftermath of,
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Siena,
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Silvester, Fra,
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Simonetta, Cicco,
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Sistine Chapel,
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election of new pope in,
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murals in,
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portraits of Caterina in,
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Sixtus III, Saint,
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Sixtus IV della Rovere (pope),
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and Bona's effort to obtain absolution for dead husband,
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and Caterina,
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meeting,
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and Caterina's pregnancy,
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and Caterina's marriage to Girolamo,
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and conspiracies against Girolamo,
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court painter to,
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death of,
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as end of Girolamo's funding and protection,
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and funeral,
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final days of,
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Girolamo's persecution of Colonna family,
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imminent death of brings punitive actions against Girolamo,
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and ravages of Giralamo,
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and Forlì,
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and disputed fiefs on outskirts,
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gives Riarios authority to mint coins,
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on murals of Sistine Chapel,
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and offensive painting of papal armies,
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and palace construction,
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and Pazzi conspiracy,
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and Leonardo Riario (nephew),
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renewal projects of,
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and Riario empire,
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and della Rovere (nephew),
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and Salviati,
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and Salt War,
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honors Malatesta as victor,
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transfers Forlì to Girolamo,
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and upheaval in Milan,
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Social contract, between Caterina and citizens of Forlì,
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Soderini, Piero,
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Soderini family,
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Soest, Magdalena,
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Sole, Sante di,
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Spain

1492 strength of,
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soldiers under Cesare Borgia's army from,
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Standing army

Caterina establishes against Venice,
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as Charles VIII innovation,
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Statecraft

Caterina's lesson from Bona in,
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and Caterina's ordering execution of conspirators,
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and widowed regents,
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Stories of Saint Giacomo, The
(Melozzo painting),
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Swiss Guard,
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Syphilis,
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Tancredi,
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Tartagni, Cristoforo,
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Tartagni, Mercantonio,
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Tartagni, Teseo,
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Tartagni family,
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Tassino, Antonio,
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Tedescho, Guglielmo da,
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Temptation of Christ, The
(Botticelli),
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Tertian fever, Caterina's children ill with,
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Tiberti, Achille (lord of Cesena),
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Tiberti, Polidoro,
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Titian,
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"Tolentino, Il" (Gian Francesco Maruzzi),
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Tommaso, Maestro,
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Tonelli, Giambattista,
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Tornabuoni family,
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Tornielli, Niccolò,
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Tossignano, fortress of,
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castellan of,
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Tossignano conspiracy,
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Tranchedini, Francesco,
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Treaty of Étaples,
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Trebizond, Andrea de,
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Triple alliance, of France, Venice, and papacy,
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Trivulzio, Gian Giacomo,
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Troccio (Cesare Borgia's chief assassin),
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Tuberculosis, of Caterina,
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Tuscany, Duchy of,
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Cosimo Medici as ruler of,
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Urban VI (pope),
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Valle, della, family,
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Vatican library,
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Venice, Republic of,
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as allied to France,
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in attack on Milan and Florence,
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Caterina praised by,
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and Caterina's complaint about Antonio Maria Ordelaffi,
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Caterina's lands raided by,
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vs. Caterina's possession of Castrocaro,
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and contention for Forlì and Imola,
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Faenza of interest to,
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Forlì assaulted by,
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and Florence relationship,
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Galeazzo supports against Ferdinand of Naples,
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Girolamo and Caterina visit,
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Milan as enemy of,
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in multi-nation treaty excluding Sixtus IV,
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Antonio Ordelaffi helped by,
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Ottoman Turks attack and provide distraction from invasion of Romagna,
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in Salt War,
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Ascanio Sforza captured by,
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in triple alliance with papacy and France,
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Verrocchio, Andrea del,
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Vespucci family,
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Viani, Domenico,
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Viana, Enea,
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Viani family,
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Vinci, Leonardo da.
See
Leonardo da Vinci

Virgilio (lord of Bracciano).
See
Orsini, Virgilio

Visconti, Bianca Maria,
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Visconti, Carlo,
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Visconti, Filippo Maria (duke of Milan),
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Visconti, Francesco (duke of Milan),
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Visconti dynasty, and decoration of great hall,
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Viterbo, diocese of, Ottaviano acquires,
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Voltera, diocese of, Ottaviano acquires,
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Wars, among Italian states,
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Women in Renaissance Italy

emotional discipline as Sforza norm,
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modesty and reticence required,
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as political pawns among nobility,
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Zaccheo, Melchiorre,
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Zampeschi, Hector,
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Zampeschi family,
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