Category: History - European

The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.

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...

Chapters

34. 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 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...