SUMMARY.

1. Government of the family of the Medici in Florence.
—2. Differences between the family of the Pazzi and that of the Medici.
—3. Conspiracy of the Pazzi, in which Pope Sixtus IV. and the king of Naples are implicated.
—4. Continuation of the same.
—5. Organization of the conspiracy.
6. Execution of the plot. Giuliano de’ Medici is killed; Lorenzo saves himself.
—7. The Archbishop Salviati, whilst attempting to make himself master of the palace, is taken and hung.
—8. Fate of the other conspirators.
—9. The dangers to which Lorenzo has been exposed increase the love of the Florentines for him and his power. Punishment of the conspirators.
—10. The Pope excommunicates Florence, and together with the king of Naples makes war upon the republic. Lorenzo speaks to the citizens assembled in the palace.
—11. The Florentines appeal to the future council; and seek the alliance of the Venetians.
—12. The Venetians decline the alliance. Beginning of the war.
—13. Turbulence in Milan. Genoa rebels against the Duke.
—14. The peace negotiations proving unsuccessful, the Florentines attack the forces of the Pope and of the Neapolitans, and drive them back into the Pisan territory.
—15. They invade the territory of the Church, and rout the Papal forces at Perugia (1479).
—16. Victory of the Duke of Calabria over the Florentines at Poggibonzi.
—17. Lorenzo de’ Medici resolves upon going to Naples to negotiate a peace with the king.
—18. Lodovico Sforza, called “The Moor,” and his brothers, are recalled to Milan. Consequent changes in the government of that state.
—19. Lorenzo de’ Medici concludes a peace with the king of Naples, which, however, is not consented to by the Pope and the Venetians.
—20. The Turks attack and take Otranto (1480).
—21. Reconciliation of the Florentines with the Pope.
—22. New method of war in Italy. Discord between the Marquis of Ferrara and the Venetians (1481).
—23. The king of Naples and the Florentines attack the states of the Pope unsuccessfully.
—24. The king of Naples, the Duke of Milan, and the Florentines unite against the Venetians (1482).
—25. Rout of the Venetians at Bondeno (1483).
—26. The league is dissolved (1484).
—27. Discords between the Colonnesi and the Orsini.
—28. Death of Pope Sixtus IV. Election of Innocent VIII.
—29. Origin and state of the Bank of San Giorgio.
—30. War between the Florentines and the Genoese, on account of Serezana.
—31. Capture of Pietrasanta.
—32. War between the Pope and the king of Naples, for the possession of the city of Aquila (1485); terminated by peace (1486).
—33. The Pope, having become

friendly to the Florentines, notwithstanding their having aided the king of Naples in the last war, becomes mediator between them and the Genoese, but is unsuccessful. The Genoese are defeated by the Florentines; they lose Serezana, and give themselves to the Duke of Milan (1487).
—34. Boccolino da Osimo gives the city back to the Pope. Girolamo Riario, lord of Furli, is killed by a conspiracy (1488).
—35. Galeotto Manfredi is killed by the treachery of his wife; she is captured by the people of Faenza, and the government of the city is committed to the charge of the Florentines (1492).
—36. Death of Lorenzo de’ Medici. His eulogy.