Category: History - European
The Valley of Entella and Lavagna--The Origin of the Counts of Fieschi--Their Conflicts with the Commune of Genoa--The Treaty of Peace between the Fieschi and Genoa--Civil Contentions--The Riches and Power of the Counts Fieschi--Innocent IV. and Hadrian V.--Cardinal Gianluigi...
The Fieschi at the court of France--Louis XIV supports their claims--Bad effects of the law of Garibetto--Severe laws against the Plebeians--Death of Andrea Doria--Estimate of h...
27. CHAPTER X.Gerolamo Fieschi continues the insurrection in his own name.--Consultations at the Ducal palace and fighting at San Siro.--The news of the death of Gianluigi discourages the ins...
20. CHAPTER III.The Nobles and the People--Andrea Doria and his first enterprises--How he abandoned France, and went over to the Emperor--Accusations and opinions with regard to his motives--Th...
28. CHAPTER XI.Count Gerolamo declines propositions of the governments--Intrigues of the imperial party and revolutionary tendencies of the populace--The Republic is induced by Andrea Doria to...
24. CHAPTER VII.Character of the Fieschi family--Gianluigi acquires the friendship of the silk operatives and other plebeians--The Duke of Piacenza selects the count to arbitrate his difference...
31. CHAPTER XIV.The revolt of Naples--Andrea Doria subdues it--Plots of the exiles against his life--Giulio Cybo seizes the feud of Massa and Carrara--His schemes for revolutionizing the Republ...
21. CHAPTER IV.Maria della Rovere and her children.--The natural gifts of Gianluigi.--Andrea Doria prevents his marriage with the daughter of Prince Centurione.--Gianluigi’s first quarrels wit...
22. CHAPTER V.The political ideas of the sixteenth century--The advice of Donato Gianotto to the Italians--Generous aims of Gianluigi Fieschi--His reported plots with Cesare Fregoso disproved...
18. CHAPTER I.The Valley of Entella and Lavagna--The Origin of the Counts of Fieschi--Their Conflicts with the Commune of Genoa--The Treaty of Peace between the Fieschi and Genoa--Civil Conte...
32. CHAPTER XV.Ravages of the Barbary Corsairs--Bartolomeo Magiocco and the Duke of Savoy--The conference of Chioggia--Siege of Siena--Doria assassinates Ottobuono Fieschi--Sampiero di Basteli...
23. CHAPTER VI.He aspires to grandeur for his family--His hostility to the emperor and to Doria--He encourages Gianluigi in his designs against the imperial rule in Genoa--Attempts of Cardinal...
30. CHAPTER XIII.Intrigues of Figuerroa and the nobility--The law of Garibetto--New efforts of Spain to give Genoa the character of a Duchy--The firmness of the senate and Andrea foils the schem...
33. CHAPTER XVI.Bonfadio executed in prison and his body burned--Errors in regard to the year of his death--The causes of his arrest and punishment--He was not guilty of the vices ascribed to h...
17. CHAPTER XVII.The Fieschi at the court of France--Louis XIV. supports their claims--Bad effects of the law of Garibetto--Severe laws against the Plebeians--Death of Andrea Doria--Estimate of...
26. CHAPTER IX.Measures taken by the Count--Occupation of the gate of the Archi and of San Tommaso--Death of Gianettino Doria--Fieschi did not seek the death of prince Doria--Schemes of Paolo...
19. CHAPTER II.Leo X., and his false glories--Desperate condition of the Italian states in the sixteenth century--Their aversion to the Austrian power--The Sack of Rome--Wars and Plagues--Char...
29. CHAPTER XII.The ferocity and excesses of Andrea Doria--The benefits which he derived from the fall of the Fieschi--The Farnesi participated in Genoese conspiracies--Schemes of Andrea agains...
25. CHAPTER VIII.Bloody propositions attributed to Verrina--The count repulses all treacherous plans--New schemes--The conspirators introduced into the city--Gianluigi pays his respects to Princ...
11. CHAPTER XI.Count Gerolamo declines propositions of the government--Intrigue of the imperial party and revolutionary tendencies of the populace--The Republic is induced by Andrea Doria to a...
10. CHAPTER X.Gerolamo Fieschi continues the insurrection in his own name--Consultations at the Ducal palace and fighting at San Siro--The news of the death of Gianluigi discourages the insur...
7. CHAPTER VII.Character of the Fieschi family--Gianluigi acquires the friendship of the silk operatives and other plebeians--The Duke of Piacenza selects the count to arbitrate his difference...
1. CHAPTER I.The Valley of Entella and Lavagna--The Origin of the Counts of Fieschi--Their Conflicts with the Commune of Genoa--The Treaty of Peace between the Fieschi and Genoa--Civil Conte...
14. CHAPTER XIV.The revolt of Naples--Andrea Doria subdues it--Plots of the exiles against his life--Giulio Cybo seizes the feud of Massa and Carrara--His schemes for revolutionizing the Republ...
3. CHAPTER III.The Nobles and the People--Andrea Doria and his first enterprises--How he abandoned France, and went over to the Emperor--Accusations and opinions with regard to his motives--Th...
4. CHAPTER IV.Maria della Rovere and her children--The natural gifts of Gianluigi--Andrea Doria prevents his marriage with the daughter of Prince Centurione--Gianluigi’s first quarrels with G...
5. CHAPTER V.The political ideas of the sixteenth century--The advice of Donato Gianotto to the Italians--Generous aims of Gianluigi Fieschi--His reported plots with Cesare Fregoso disproved...
9. CHAPTER IX.Measures taken by the Count--Occupation of the gate of the Archi and of San Tommaso--Death of Gianettino Doria--Fieschi did not seek the death of prince Doria--Schemes of Paolo...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Intrigues of Figuerroa and the nobility--The law of Garibetto--New efforts of Spain to give Genoa the character of a Duchy--The firmness of the senate and Andrea foils the schem...
2. CHAPTER II.Leo X., and his false glories--Desperate condition of the Italian states in the sixteenth century--Their aversion to the Austrian power--The Sack of Rome--Wars and Plagues--Char...
6. CHAPTER VI.He aspires to grandeur for his family--His hostility to the emperor and to Doria--He encourages Gianluigi in his designs against the imperial rule in Genoa--Attempts of Cardinal...
12. CHAPTER XII.The ferocity and excesses of Andrea Doria--The benefits which he derived from the fall of the Fieschi--The Farnesi participated in Genoese conspiracies--Schemes of Andrea Doria...
15. CHAPTER XV.Ravages of the Barbary Corsairs--Bartolomeo Magiocco and the Duke of Savoy--The conference of Chioggia--Siege of Siena--Doria assassinates Ottobuono Fieschi--Sampiero di Basteli...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Bonfadio executed in prison and his body burned--Errors in regard to the year of his death--The causes of his arrest and punishment--He was not guilty of the vices ascribed to h...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Bloody propositions attributed to Verrina--The count repulses all treacherous plans--New schemes--The conspirators introduced into the city--Gianluigi pays his respects to Princ...