Pierre de Bretagne, i. xix.
Pierre-fort, town of, razed, i. 242.
Pietrasanta, surrendered to the French, ii. 136;
Charles VIII.’s visit to, 194.
Piquart, William, lord of Estelau, i. 70.
Pisa, surrendered to Charles VIII., ii. 136;
the inhabitants of, cruelly treated by the Florentines, 138, 191;
relieved by Charles VIII., 139, 189;
retained by the king, 189;
difficulties in the king’s march from, 194, 195;
delivered up to the Pisans, contrary to the engagement of Charles
VIII., 257.
Pittelhane, Nicolo Ursini, count de, ii. 125.
Placentia, visit of Charles VIII. to, ii. 132.
Plague in France, ii. 342.
Plessis du Parc, the residence of Louis XI. during his last illness,
ii. 44.
Plessis-les-Tours, fortified by Louis XI., ii. 76;
Sir Walter Scott’s description of, 77, 78 _n._
Poggibonzi, castle of, ii. 189.
Poictiers, battle of, one of the most glorious achievements in
English history, i. 390 _n._
Poison, suspicion of, at Fornovo, ii. 204.
Polesan, territory of, taken by the Venetians, ii. 106.
Polignac, John, lord de, ii. 195.
Polleur, village of, i. 163.
Pont St. Maxence, surrender of, ii. 314.
Ponthieu, county of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
fiefs and homages of, ceded to the duke, 132.
Pontoise, betrayal of, ii. 330.
Pontremoli, Charles VIII.’s march towards, ii. 195;
captured, 196;
slaughter committed by the Swiss, _ib._
Popes of Rome, their depravity, ii. 98 _n._
(See Alexander VI., Eugenius IV., Innocent VIII., Julius II., Paul
II., and Sixtus IV.)
Popoli, Pietro, count of, ii. 151 _et n._;
his release from prison, 163.