Marzocchi, figure of the, pulled down, ii. 139.
Mas, James du, slain, i. 23.
Matalon, count de, ii. 163.
Matthias I., king of Hungary, a wise and valiant prince, ii. 87;
biographical notices of, 89;
his heroic mother, _ib._;
chosen king of Hungary, _ib._;
his victories, _ib._;
his early death, 90.
Mauger, Perrette, burnt alive, ii. 298, 299.
Mauleon, friar John des, ii. 272.
Maximilian, of Austria, son of the emperor of Germany, and king of
the Romans, i. 206, 207; ii. 10;
his visit to Cologne and Ghent, 13, 14;
his character, 13 _n._;
is married to the young duchess of Burgundy, 15;
his children, 16, 17;
his contests with the French in Picardy, 32, 33;
his bravery, _ib._ _n._;
enters into a treaty with Louis XI., 35, 45 _et seq._;
opposed by the Gantois, 60;
marries the daughter of Galeas, duke of Milan, 112;
concludes the treaty of Senlis with Charles VIII., 113;
his allies, 117;
his preparations against Charles VIII., 188;
a mortal enemy of the Venetians, 282;
enters into a truce with Louis XI., 390;
violates the truce, 390, 391.
Mazzara, town of, ii. 155.
Medici, Cosmo di, founder of the family of that name, i. 142.
Medici, family of the, ii. 25 _et seq._;
their contests with the Pacis, 25, 26;
the rulers of Florence, 127, 128;
the greatest commercial family in the world, 128;
thought to be in a declining condition at the time of Peter, _ib._
Medici, Laurence di, ii. 25;
murderous attack on, 26;
the chief man of Florence, 29.
Medici, Peter de, ruler of Florence, ii. 127, 128;
his government, 128;
Charles VIII.’s dislike to, 129;
gives up four of his garrisons to Charles VIII., 136;
his great courtesy, _ib._;
returns to Florence, 139;
his flight and destruction, 140-142;
his palace plundered, 143.
Melfi, Trojanus Caracciolo, duke of, ii. 163.
Melun, Charles de, rewarded by Louis XI., ii. 323;
beheaded, 352.
Melun, Charles de, i. 14, 62.
Melun, Philip de, captain of the Bastille St. Antoine, i. 62.
Mely, Albert, ii. 126.
Mendoza, Lorenzo de, ii. 174.
Merchants, importance of, ii. 128.
Merichon, Jean, of Rochelle, i. 259.
Merillano, count de, ii. 163.
Meroveus, the first reigns of the kings of France deduced from, ii.
289.
Merville, lord de, executed by the Burgundians, ii. 352.
Meulan, town of, ii. 330.
Meulant, Oliver, count de, i. 357.
Milan, treaties of alliance between her and France, i. xxvii.;
civil contests in, ii. 101 _et seq._;
the dukes of, 101 _et n._;
the duchy of, one of the finest countries in the world, 106;
the ducal families of, 112;
one of the three powers of Italy, 130;
seized and usurped by the lord Ludovic, 132;
ambassadors sent to Venice from, 174.
Milan, Galeas, duke of, abandons his alliance with the duke of
Burgundy, i. 308;
and enters into a treaty with the king of France, 309.
Milan, John Galeas, duke of, ii. 131, 137;
interred in the Chartreux at Pavia, 137.
Milan, Louis-Marie Sforza, duke of, protected by the Venetians, ii.
192;
his meditated attack on the French, 203;
conditions to which he binds himself, 246;
refuses a meeting with the king, 247;
his equivocal conduct, 248;
his tricks and juggles, 250 _et seq._;
plots of Italian princes for the destruction of, 264;
their miscarriage, 266, 267, 269.
Milan, dukes of, (see Ludovic, Sforza, &c.).