Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 6 and 7 (of 7) / The Catholic Reaction

Opening of the book

RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
THE CATHOLIC REACTION
In Two Parts
BY
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1887 AUTHOR'S
EDITION
PART I
PREFACE
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
CHAPTER_I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
FOOTNOTES
PART II
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
CHAPTER I
THE SPANISH HEGEMONY
Italy in the Renaissance—The Five Great Powers—
The Kingdom of Naples—The Papacy—The Duchy of
Milan—Venice—The
Florentine
Republic—Wars
of
Invasion closed by the Sack of Rome in 1527—
Concordat between Clement VII. and Charles V.—
Treaty of Barcelona and Paix des Dames—Charles
lands at Genoa—His Journey to Bologna—Entrance
into Bologna and Reception by Clement—Mustering
of Italian Princes—Franceso Sforza replaced in
the
Duchy
of
Milan—Venetian
Embassy—Italian
League signed on Christmas Eve 1529—Florence
alone excluded—The Siege of Florence pressed by
the Prince of Orange—Charles's Coronation as King
of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor—The Significance
of this Ceremony at Bologna—Ceremony in S.
Petronio—Settlement of the Duchy of Ferrara—Men
of Letters and Arts at Bologna—The Emperor's Use
of the Spanish Habit—Charles and Clement leave
Bologna in March 1530—Review of the Settlement of
Italy affected by Emperor and Pope—Extinction of
Republics—Subsequent Absorption of Ferrara and
Urbino into the Papal States—Savoy becomes an
Italian Power—Period between Charles's Coronation
and the Peace of Cateau Cambresis in 1559—
Economical and Social Condition of the Italians

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