Just chapter headings from my edition, up to 1434 for now.
Barbarian invasions. 375-439
Barbarian conquests. 440-600
Italy invaded. 452-476
Theodoric in Italy. 476-526
Changes in Italy in barbarian times. 395-493
Italy in Justinian's time. 493-555
The exarchate of Ravenna. 565-568
The Longobards. 568-756
The Popes. 4th-16th Centuries.
Pope Gregory III. 731-741.
Charlemagne; the Pope's temporal power. 768-844
Berengar 814-951
Affairs in the states of Italy. 951-1046
The government of Italy. The Popes and the Roman people. 1046-1061
The Normans in Italy. 845-1520
The Crusades. 1088-1192
Frederick Barbarossa and the Antipope. 1088-1174
St. Thomas of Canterbury. Death of Barbarossa. 1170-1190
Frederick II, Emperor and King of Naples. 1190-1218
Frederick II as Emperor; Guelfs and Ghibellines. 1212-1243
Manfred King of Naples; Ezzolino; Charles of Anjou. 1243-1268
The beginning of papal nepotism. 1276-1281
Pope Martin IV: the Sicilian vespers. 1281-1285
Boniface VIII and the Colonna family. 1286-1303
Italy disturbed; Guelfs and Ghibellines. 1300-1322
The Visconti. 1167-1450
The Emperor Ludwig; John, King of Bohemia. 1327-1334
Venice. 451-1520
Petty tyrants; Joanna of Naples. 1334-1348
Tribunes at Rome. 1347-1354
Queen Joanna; the Visconti; the Pope returns from Avignon; war between Genoa and Venice. 1342-1381
The Antipope; Giovan Galeazzo Visconti. 1381-1402
Mercenary Soldiers; the Jubilee; the Visconti lose control of Lombardy. 1393-1405
Ladislas of Naples; Antipopes. 1404-1413
Three popes. 1414-1417
Filippo Visconti. 1412-1418.
Queen Joanna of Naples; Sforza and Braccio. 1415-1425
A view of the Italian states. 1434
The effects of cultivation on unhealthy regions.
Florence to 1215.
The Buondelmonti and Donati begin their feud with the Amidei and Uberti. 1215
Guelfs and Ghibellines; Frederick II. 1220-1250
The government of Florence in the thirteenth century
King Manfred assists the Ghibellines; battle of Montaperti. 1250-1260
Farinata degli Uberti protests against the destruction of Florence. 1260
Manfred defeated by Charles of Anjou; Florence divided into gilds [sic]. 1260-1266
Count Guido and the Ghibellines abandon Florence. 1267
The Guelfs again rule Florence; Gregory X; Nicholas III. 1267-1278
Priors set up in Florence; battle of Campaldino; new city walls. 1270-1289
Strife between the nobles and the people. 1290-1295
Giano della Bella attempts to enforce justice. 1293-1295
Revolt by the nobles; compromise. 1295
The prosperity of Florence about 1298
Cerchi and Donati; Blacks and Whites in Pistoia. 1300
Whites and Blacks in Florence; the Pope interferes. 1300
Further quarrels; both parties banished. 1300
Charles of Valois in Florence; the Blacks return and gain power. 1301
The Whites, including Dante, exiled. 1302
Further strife; Niccolao da Prato fails to make peace; the great fire of 1304
Unsuccessful attempt of the Ghibellines to return; Corso Donati. 1304-1307
The last fight and the death of Corso Donati. 1308
Quiet after Corso's death; the Emperor Henry VII attacks Florence in vain. 1308-1313
The Florentines defeated by Uguccione at Montecatini; Lando di Gubbio in Florence. 1314-1316
Prato delivered from Castruccio Castracani. 1316-1323
The city breaks her promise to the exiles. 1323
The method of choosing magistrates in Florence. 1323
Castruccio defeats the Florentines at Altopascio
Charles Duke of Calabria becomes ruler of Florence; Castruccio takes Pistoia. 1326
The Florentines refuse to purchase Lucca; Florence quiet from 1328-1340; the flood of 1333
Rebellion of the Bardi and Frescobaldi. 1340-1341
Lucca lost to the Pisans; the Duke of Athens. 1341-1342
The Duke moves toward tyranny; some of the Signors reason with him. 1342
The Duke of Athens seizes supreme power. 1342
The bad government of the Duke; a conspiracy against him. 1343
The Duke is expelled from the city. 1343
Revolt of various Tuscan cities. 1343
The new government of Florence; quarrels between rich and middle class. 1343
The rebellion of Andrea Strozzi; the nobility and the people prepare for civil war. 1343
The rich are defeated. 1343
The Florentine nobility ruined; pestilence
Enmity between nobles and people in Rome and in Florence
The mercenaries of Monreale enter Tuscany, 1353; the quarrels of the Ricci and Albizzi
Guelfs and Ghibellines again; admonition. 1357-1366
Further enmity between the Ricci and the Albizzi, 1366-1371
An oration on factions and disregard for the common good in Florence. 1372
An unsuccessful attempt at reform. 1372
War with Pope Gregory XI. 1375
The Guelfs plan to seize the government. 1378
Plot of the Guelfs; Salvestro de' Medici Gonfalier. 1378
The people take arms; the Guelfs flee. 1378
The Guelfs lose power; Luigi Guicciardini makes a speech against disunion. 1378
Labor troubles in Florence. 1378
A speech on the wrongs of the lower class. 1378
The revolt of the Ciompi succeeds. 1378
The Signors abandon their palace to the Ciompi. 1378
Michele di Lando, a woolcomber, made lord of the city. 1378
The Ciompi revolt against Michele's government. 1378
Popular tendencies in government; the Popular party and the Plebeian Party. 1378
Guelf exiles plot with Charles of Durazzo; Piero degli Albizzi and others executed; Sir John Hawkwood. 1378-1380
Messer Giorgio Scali, of the Plebeian Party, executed. 1382
Reaction against the Plebeian Party. 1381
Ingratitude to Michele di Lando; Benedetto Alberti; Louis of Anjou in Italy. 1382-1384
Benedetto Alberti banished; his speech on his love for the city. 1387
Further anti-plebeian measures. 1387
War with Giovan Galeazzo Visconti; temperate and unambitious behavior of Veri de' Medici. 1387-1392
Treachery of the Signors; they crush the opposition of Messer Donato di Jacopo Acciaiuoli. 1395
Exiles attempt a revolution. 1397
A conspiracy against Florence supported by the Duke of Milan. 1400
Florence relieved from war by the deaths of Giovan Galeazzo Visconti and Ladislas of Naples. 1400-1414
Liberty and license in cities
Suppresion of the Popular Party. 1414-1422
The rise of Giovanni de' Medici, in spite of the warnings of Niccolo da Uzzano; a treaty with Filippo Visconti. 1421
Filippo goes beyond the limits set in the treaty; Florence prepares for war. 1422
Filippo seizes Forli; debate over aggressive and defensive war. 1423
War with Filippo begins; the battle of Zagonara. 1424
Florence dismayed by the defeat at Zagonara; a courageous speech by Rinaldo degli Albizzi. 1424
Niccolo Piccino employed as general; the rich object to heavy taxes. 1424-1426
Rinaldo degli Albizzi advises action against the masses; Niccolo da Uzzano declares Giovanni de' Medici's support essential. 1423-1426
Giovanni de' Medici opposes action. 1426
Giovanni de' Medici stands for union in the city. Florence loses her towns in the Romagna. 1424-1427
The heroism of Biagio del Melano; the cowardice of Zanobi del Pino. 1424-1425
Niccolo Piccino deserts Florence; alliance with Venice; Carmignuola. 1425-1426
Heavier taxes for the rich; Giovanni de' Medici tries to calm party feeling. 1422-1427
Peace with Duke Filippo; further complaint about taxes. 1428
The dying words of Giovanni de' Medici; his character. 1429
Giusto's unsuccessful rebellion in Volterra. 1429
Niccolo Fortebraccio invades Lucchese territory; Florence divided over war against Lucca. 1429
Rinaldo degli Albizzi favors war on Lucca; Niccolo da Uzzano advises against it. 1429
War against Lucca; the cruelty of Astorre Gianni in Seravezza. 1430
The Seravezzese complain in Florence; Astorre is punished. 1430
Rinaldo degli Albizzi accused of peculation; his defense; new commissioners appointed. 1430
An attempt to flood Lucca damages the Florentine army.
The Duke of Milan sends count Francesco Sforza to aid Lucca; Sforza's intrigues. 1430
Pagolo Guinigi driven from Lucca; the Duke of Milan defeats the Florentines; peace without profit. 1430-1433
Cosimo de' Medici; the tactics of Averardo de' Medici and Puccio Pucci, his followers. 1429-1430
Niccolo da Uzzano speaks on Cosimo's strength and inevitable triumph
The evils of party strife; Cosimo arrested. 1430-1433
Cosimo fears poison; he is banished. 1433
Rinaldo degli Albizzi declares that Cosimo should have been executed; he advises a balia. 1433
Rinaldo degli Albizzi takes arms; his party does not support him. 1434
Pope Eugene acts as mediator. 1434
Rinaldo degli Albizza defeated; Cosimo de' Medici returns in triumph. 1434
Barbarian invasions. 375-439
Barbarian conquests. 440-600
Italy invaded. 452-476
Theodoric in Italy. 476-526
Changes in Italy in barbarian times. 395-493
Italy in Justinian's time. 493-555
The exarchate of Ravenna. 565-568
The Longobards. 568-756
The Popes. 4th-16th Centuries.
Pope Gregory III. 731-741.
Charlemagne; the Pope's temporal power. 768-844
Berengar 814-951
Affairs in the states of Italy. 951-1046
The government of Italy. The Popes and the Roman people. 1046-1061
The Normans in Italy. 845-1520
The Crusades. 1088-1192
Frederick Barbarossa and the Antipope. 1088-1174
St. Thomas of Canterbury. Death of Barbarossa. 1170-1190
Frederick II, Emperor and King of Naples. 1190-1218
Frederick II as Emperor; Guelfs and Ghibellines. 1212-1243
Manfred King of Naples; Ezzolino; Charles of Anjou. 1243-1268
The beginning of papal nepotism. 1276-1281
Pope Martin IV: the Sicilian vespers. 1281-1285
Boniface VIII and the Colonna family. 1286-1303
Italy disturbed; Guelfs and Ghibellines. 1300-1322
The Visconti. 1167-1450
The Emperor Ludwig; John, King of Bohemia. 1327-1334
Venice. 451-1520
Petty tyrants; Joanna of Naples. 1334-1348
Tribunes at Rome. 1347-1354
Queen Joanna; the Visconti; the Pope returns from Avignon; war between Genoa and Venice. 1342-1381
The Antipope; Giovan Galeazzo Visconti. 1381-1402
Mercenary Soldiers; the Jubilee; the Visconti lose control of Lombardy. 1393-1405
Ladislas of Naples; Antipopes. 1404-1413
Three popes. 1414-1417
Filippo Visconti. 1412-1418.
Queen Joanna of Naples; Sforza and Braccio. 1415-1425
A view of the Italian states. 1434
The effects of cultivation on unhealthy regions.
Florence to 1215.
The Buondelmonti and Donati begin their feud with the Amidei and Uberti. 1215
Guelfs and Ghibellines; Frederick II. 1220-1250
The government of Florence in the thirteenth century
King Manfred assists the Ghibellines; battle of Montaperti. 1250-1260
Farinata degli Uberti protests against the destruction of Florence. 1260
Manfred defeated by Charles of Anjou; Florence divided into gilds [sic]. 1260-1266
Count Guido and the Ghibellines abandon Florence. 1267
The Guelfs again rule Florence; Gregory X; Nicholas III. 1267-1278
Priors set up in Florence; battle of Campaldino; new city walls. 1270-1289
Strife between the nobles and the people. 1290-1295
Giano della Bella attempts to enforce justice. 1293-1295
Revolt by the nobles; compromise. 1295
The prosperity of Florence about 1298
Cerchi and Donati; Blacks and Whites in Pistoia. 1300
Whites and Blacks in Florence; the Pope interferes. 1300
Further quarrels; both parties banished. 1300
Charles of Valois in Florence; the Blacks return and gain power. 1301
The Whites, including Dante, exiled. 1302
Further strife; Niccolao da Prato fails to make peace; the great fire of 1304
Unsuccessful attempt of the Ghibellines to return; Corso Donati. 1304-1307
The last fight and the death of Corso Donati. 1308
Quiet after Corso's death; the Emperor Henry VII attacks Florence in vain. 1308-1313
The Florentines defeated by Uguccione at Montecatini; Lando di Gubbio in Florence. 1314-1316
Prato delivered from Castruccio Castracani. 1316-1323
The city breaks her promise to the exiles. 1323
The method of choosing magistrates in Florence. 1323
Castruccio defeats the Florentines at Altopascio
Charles Duke of Calabria becomes ruler of Florence; Castruccio takes Pistoia. 1326
The Florentines refuse to purchase Lucca; Florence quiet from 1328-1340; the flood of 1333
Rebellion of the Bardi and Frescobaldi. 1340-1341
Lucca lost to the Pisans; the Duke of Athens. 1341-1342
The Duke moves toward tyranny; some of the Signors reason with him. 1342
The Duke of Athens seizes supreme power. 1342
The bad government of the Duke; a conspiracy against him. 1343
The Duke is expelled from the city. 1343
Revolt of various Tuscan cities. 1343
The new government of Florence; quarrels between rich and middle class. 1343
The rebellion of Andrea Strozzi; the nobility and the people prepare for civil war. 1343
The rich are defeated. 1343
The Florentine nobility ruined; pestilence
Enmity between nobles and people in Rome and in Florence
The mercenaries of Monreale enter Tuscany, 1353; the quarrels of the Ricci and Albizzi
Guelfs and Ghibellines again; admonition. 1357-1366
Further enmity between the Ricci and the Albizzi, 1366-1371
An oration on factions and disregard for the common good in Florence. 1372
An unsuccessful attempt at reform. 1372
War with Pope Gregory XI. 1375
The Guelfs plan to seize the government. 1378
Plot of the Guelfs; Salvestro de' Medici Gonfalier. 1378
The people take arms; the Guelfs flee. 1378
The Guelfs lose power; Luigi Guicciardini makes a speech against disunion. 1378
Labor troubles in Florence. 1378
A speech on the wrongs of the lower class. 1378
The revolt of the Ciompi succeeds. 1378
The Signors abandon their palace to the Ciompi. 1378
Michele di Lando, a woolcomber, made lord of the city. 1378
The Ciompi revolt against Michele's government. 1378
Popular tendencies in government; the Popular party and the Plebeian Party. 1378
Guelf exiles plot with Charles of Durazzo; Piero degli Albizzi and others executed; Sir John Hawkwood. 1378-1380
Messer Giorgio Scali, of the Plebeian Party, executed. 1382
Reaction against the Plebeian Party. 1381
Ingratitude to Michele di Lando; Benedetto Alberti; Louis of Anjou in Italy. 1382-1384
Benedetto Alberti banished; his speech on his love for the city. 1387
Further anti-plebeian measures. 1387
War with Giovan Galeazzo Visconti; temperate and unambitious behavior of Veri de' Medici. 1387-1392
Treachery of the Signors; they crush the opposition of Messer Donato di Jacopo Acciaiuoli. 1395
Exiles attempt a revolution. 1397
A conspiracy against Florence supported by the Duke of Milan. 1400
Florence relieved from war by the deaths of Giovan Galeazzo Visconti and Ladislas of Naples. 1400-1414
Liberty and license in cities
Suppresion of the Popular Party. 1414-1422
The rise of Giovanni de' Medici, in spite of the warnings of Niccolo da Uzzano; a treaty with Filippo Visconti. 1421
Filippo goes beyond the limits set in the treaty; Florence prepares for war. 1422
Filippo seizes Forli; debate over aggressive and defensive war. 1423
War with Filippo begins; the battle of Zagonara. 1424
Florence dismayed by the defeat at Zagonara; a courageous speech by Rinaldo degli Albizzi. 1424
Niccolo Piccino employed as general; the rich object to heavy taxes. 1424-1426
Rinaldo degli Albizzi advises action against the masses; Niccolo da Uzzano declares Giovanni de' Medici's support essential. 1423-1426
Giovanni de' Medici opposes action. 1426
Giovanni de' Medici stands for union in the city. Florence loses her towns in the Romagna. 1424-1427
The heroism of Biagio del Melano; the cowardice of Zanobi del Pino. 1424-1425
Niccolo Piccino deserts Florence; alliance with Venice; Carmignuola. 1425-1426
Heavier taxes for the rich; Giovanni de' Medici tries to calm party feeling. 1422-1427
Peace with Duke Filippo; further complaint about taxes. 1428
The dying words of Giovanni de' Medici; his character. 1429
Giusto's unsuccessful rebellion in Volterra. 1429
Niccolo Fortebraccio invades Lucchese territory; Florence divided over war against Lucca. 1429
Rinaldo degli Albizzi favors war on Lucca; Niccolo da Uzzano advises against it. 1429
War against Lucca; the cruelty of Astorre Gianni in Seravezza. 1430
The Seravezzese complain in Florence; Astorre is punished. 1430
Rinaldo degli Albizzi accused of peculation; his defense; new commissioners appointed. 1430
An attempt to flood Lucca damages the Florentine army.
The Duke of Milan sends count Francesco Sforza to aid Lucca; Sforza's intrigues. 1430
Pagolo Guinigi driven from Lucca; the Duke of Milan defeats the Florentines; peace without profit. 1430-1433
Cosimo de' Medici; the tactics of Averardo de' Medici and Puccio Pucci, his followers. 1429-1430
Niccolo da Uzzano speaks on Cosimo's strength and inevitable triumph
The evils of party strife; Cosimo arrested. 1430-1433
Cosimo fears poison; he is banished. 1433
Rinaldo degli Albizzi declares that Cosimo should have been executed; he advises a balia. 1433
Rinaldo degli Albizzi takes arms; his party does not support him. 1434
Pope Eugene acts as mediator. 1434
Rinaldo degli Albizza defeated; Cosimo de' Medici returns in triumph. 1434