Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530

di Oscar Browning

32 capitoli8h 28mEnglish1895

Informazioni sul libro

Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary companies and multinational armies who fought in the service of city states, monarchs, and the Pope. Some like Ludovico Sforza in Milan seized power and founded dynasties in their own right. The merchant princes of the Medici family reached their apogee in Lorenzo the Magnificent in Florence, but faltered in the Papacy; Leo X proved no match for Martin Luther and Clement VII was powerless to avert the sack of Rome in 1527. Venice lost her overseas empire to the Turks, while proud King Francis I, defeated by the Emperor Charles and a prisoner in Madrid, was eventually forced to relinquish all hope of Italian conquest. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Capitoli (32)

1Ch. 1: Retrospect and Prospect, Pt. 1

983

2Ch. 1: Retrospect and Prospect, Pt. 2

675

3Ch. 2: Joanna of Naples--Muzio Sforza--Braccio da Montone and Carmagnola, Pt. 1

970

4Ch. 2: Joanna of Naples--Muzio Sforza--Braccio da Montone and Carmagnola, Pt. 2

1112

5Ch. 3: The Emperor Sigismund--Pope Eugenius IV--The Rise of the Medici--Alfonso of Arragon, Pt. 1

962

6Ch. 3: The Emperor Sigismund--Pope Eugenius IV--The Rise of the Medici--Alfonso of Arragon, Pt. 2

1246

7Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 1

960

8Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 2

699

9Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 3

1105

10Ch. 5: Cosimo dei Medici--Paul II, Pt. 1

851

11Ch. 5: Cosimo dei Medici--Paul II, Pt. 2

1090

12Ch. 6: The Turks in Europe, Pt. 1

908

13Ch. 6: The Turks in Europe, Pt. 2

923

14Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 1

922

15Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 2

710

16Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 3

1096

17Ch. 8: Charles VIII in Italy, Pt. 1

1022

18Ch. 8: Charles VIII in Italy, Pt. 2

1189

19Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 1

644

20Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 2

751

21Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 3

871

22Ch. 10: Pope Alexander VI, Pt. 1

1022

23Ch. 10: Pope Alexander VI, Pt. 2

1108

24Ch. 11: Pope Julius II, Pt. 1

1129

25Ch. 11: Pope Julius II, Pt. 2

1104

26Ch. 12: Leo X, Pt. 1

1001

27Ch. 12: Leo X, Pt. 2

1083

28Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 1

753

29Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 2

776

30Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 3

1129

31Ch. 14: The Fall of Florence, Pt. 1

737

32Ch. 14: The Fall of Florence, Pt. 2

955

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