The Tigress of Forli (49 page)

Bentivoglio, Ginevra,
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Bentivoglio, Giovanni,
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Bentivoglio, Isotta,
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Bentivoglio family,
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Bergamo, count of ("Brambilla"),
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Bernard (French soldier),
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Bernardi, Andrea,
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Bernardo (militiaman chasing down Ghetti),
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Bessarion, Cardinal Giovanni,
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Biagio, Nino,
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Bibbiena, Bernardo,
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Birth of Venus, The
(Botticelli),
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Black Death,
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See also
Bubonic plague

Boccaccio, Giovanni,
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Caterina reads
Illustrious Women
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Bologna,
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and Caterina after murder of Girolamo

Caterina calls for help from,
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Caterina desperately awaits help,
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and Council of Eight,
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Lorenzo de' Medici consulted about sending help,
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troops sent to Forlì,
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Caterina seeks friendship with,
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Caterina's sons disliked in,
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Caterina well received in,
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as caught in Naples-Milan conflict,
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loyal to Milan,
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and Forlì-Faenza marriage,
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Julius II acquires,
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and source of reinforcements for Forlì siege,
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Bologna, Constantino da,
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Bolognesi, Bartolomeo,
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Bona Mora (freed slave in Caterina's retinue),
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"Bonfires of the vanities," and Savonarola,
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Borgia, Cesare

and Pope Alexander,
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brother-in-law murdered by,
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and Caterina's escape plot,
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leads invasion of Romagna,
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Florence refuses to sell to,
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Florence fears Pisa as pope's present to,
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and Machiavelli,
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severe illness of,
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and siege of Forlì,
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and Caterina as prisoner,
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and Caterina's children,
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after losing Caterina to D'Allegro,
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regains possession of Caterina,
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Borgia, Lucrezia,
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Borgia, Roderigo (Cardinal; later Pope Alexander VI),
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Borgia family

Caterina scorns promises of,
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excesses of,
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French warn of dangers from,
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marriages used politically by,
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Romagna as target of,
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Borgo Pinto road, Florence,
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Bosco, territory of,
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Bossi, Abbot Lauro,
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Bossi, Gian Luigi,
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Botticelli, Sandro,
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Bramante, Donato,
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"Brambilla" (count of Bergamo),
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Bramio, Alexander,
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Bread and circuses, as Riario tactic,
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Brocchi, Giovanni Battista,
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Brunelleschi, Filippo,
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Bruni, Leonardo,
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Bubano fortress,
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Bubonic plague,
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Buonaccorsi, Biagio,
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Buoninsegna, Bernardo di Niccolò di,
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Burriel, Antonio,
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Butrighelli, Antonio,
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Caiazzo, count of,
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Calabria, duke of.
See
Alfonso of Aragon

Callistus III Borgia (pope),
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Calmeta, Vincenzo,
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Camera Picta,
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Campo Morto, Battle of,
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Capital punishment, as public affair,
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Capoferri (soldier serving Caterina),
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Caravaggio, Francesco da,
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Casale, Giovanni da,
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Cassandra (Galeotto Manfredi's mistress),
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Castel di Bosco,
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Castel Jubileo,
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Castello Sforzesco,
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Castel Sant'Angelo,
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Caterina commandeers,
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and Condronchi's hard feelings toward Caterina,
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Caterina imprisoned in,
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fear of assassination,
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enemy nobles from Campo Morto imprisoned in,
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Girolamo's arrests imprisoned in,
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Castiglione, Branda da,
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Castrocaro,
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fortress of,
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Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forlì (Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici),
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battle exploits of

from Castel Sant'Angelo forces agreement after death of Sixtus IV,
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faces down assassins of Girolamo from Rivaldino,
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in siege of Rivaldino,
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"...want to lose like a man" as battle cry,
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and biblical David,
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birth of,
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in Botticelli paintings,
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children of,
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see also
Children of Caterina Sforza)

and Caterina in prison,
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as pawns in standoff between Caterina and Orsis,
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time taken up by confinements in Rome,
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death of,
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grandson as legacy of,
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and Jubilee Year or Holy Year,
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Machiavelli on,
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marriage to Girolamo Riario,
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see also
Marriage of Caterina and Girolamo)

marriages to romantic partners of.
See
Romantic relationships of Caterina

and Lorenzo de' Medici,
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Milanese connections severed with overthrow of Bona,
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personal characteristics of

admiration of father,
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appearance,
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Bossi's favorable report of,
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Cobelli as observer of,
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cuirass of,
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enjoyment of sex,
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and high fashion,
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home remedies gathered and written about,
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hunting as passion,
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intelligence and manners,
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interest in horticulture,
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intoxicated by power,
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obedience vs. impulsiveness,
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perfume making as hobby,
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public fantasies fueled by reputation of,
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vs. Renaissance standards,
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riding as passion,
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sense of filial duty,
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as "virago,"
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voracious reader,
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warrior spirit,
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personal motto of,
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in popular imagination,
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portrait of,
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religiosity of

and Madonna di Piratello,
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and Muratte,
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see also
Muratte, the)