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.