- Map: The Republic of Venice, ca. 1500
- History of Venice
- Book V (1499–1501)
- Preparations of the Turks and the Venetians for war
- Battle of the Venetian fleet with the Turkish
- Lepanto is taken by the Turks
- Antonio Grimani’s command of the fleet is abrogated
- Wars of Cesare Borgia in Romagna
- Return of Ludovico Sforza to Milan
- Ludovico and Ascanio are captured
- Progress of the war with the Turks
- Second battle of the Venetian and Turkish fleets
- Methoni is conquered by the Turks; Navarino is taken by the Turks
- Coron and Aegina are taken by the Turks
- Turks retire to Constantinople
- Aegina is recovered by the Venetians; success of the Venetian fleet against the Turks; Samothrace is taken by the Venetians; execution of Carlo Contarini
- Spanish sovereigns send fleet in aid of Venetians
- Navarino retaken by the Venetians
- Cephalonia attacked and taken
- Gonzalo de Córdoba granted Venetian citizenship and noble status
- Rewards to relatives of those who met death for the Republic
- Abduction of a girl by Cesare Borgia
- Treaty of the Venetians with King Ladislas of Hungary
- Failed attack on Turkish ships at mouth of the Bojana river
- Alessio surrenders to the Venetians
- Reinforcements granted by Pope Alexander VI to the Venetians against the Turks, and summary of sale of indulgences in the Veneto
- Cesare Borgia takes Faenza; death of Cardinal Battista Zen
- Navarino again captured by the Turkish Sultan
- Megara is destroyed by the Venetians
- Durazzo captured by the Turks; death of Doge Agostino Barbarigo
- Book VI (1501–1504)
- Narrative of new lands and peoples
- Peace agreement of King Louis of France with Emperor Maximilian I; Leonardo Loredan is declared doge
- French and Portuguese fleets sent in aid of the Venetians retreat without success; King Federico of Naples is ousted by the kings of France and Spain, who divide the kingdom among themselves
- Progress of the war of the Venetians against the Turks; war of the king of Hungary against the Turk
- Mytilene is attacked by the Venetian and French fleet
- The pirate Eric is captured and burned
- Opposing declamations of Antonio Minio and Doge Loredan concerning the acceptance of half-pay of magistracies
- Galley-captains denounced who had behaved as cowards
- Lucrezia Borgia marries Alfonso d’Este; successes of the king of Hungary against the Turks; Venetian citizens at Constantinople restored to freedom
- Towns of the Duke of Urbino are seized in ambush by Cesare Borgia
- Anne de Candale marries the king of Hungary and comes to Venice; King Louis again comes to Italy, and the war of the same with the sovereigns of Spain on account of the borders of his dominion in the Kingdom of Naples
- Lefkada is taken by the Venetians
- Guidobaldo, Wnding no protection with King Louis, goes to Venice; then with the aid of the Orsini he returns to his duchy; many peoples wishing to surrender to the Republic are rejected
- Embassy of the Spanish sovereigns to the Senate
- Guidobaldo is again ousted by Cesare, and many princes are killed by the same
- A law is passed against those who purchase benefices
- Death of Cardinal Giovanni Michiel
- Peace agreement of Bayazid with Venice and the king of Hungary
- King Louis of France seeks a new treaty with Venice
- Death of Pope Alexander VI and misfortunes of Cesare Borgia; death of Benedetto Pesaro
- Guidobaldo again returns into his duchy
- Pope Pius III is elected and dies; Julius II succeeds him
- Many towns in Romagna surrender to the Republic
- Machinations of Florence against Venice
- Pandolfo Malatesta hands Rimini over to Venice
- Faenza is taken by the Venetians
- Pope Julius’ designs against the Venetians
- Niccolò Orsini’s command is extended
- Book VII (1504–1509)
- Francesco Maria della Rovere is adopted by Guidobaldo
- Treaty between Louis and Maximilian
- Tron is hanged in Venice for treason; Giovanni Sforza, lord of Pesaro, is married in Venice; death of Queen Isabella of Spain; death of Ercole d’Este
- Fondaco de’ Tedeschi at Venice burned, rebuilt more lavishly by the Senate
- Disputes settled between Senate and Pope Julius, and eight ambassadors sent to him
- Alfonso d’Este arrives in Venice; treaty of Louis with Ferdinand of Aragon
- War with pirates; embassy of the sultan of Tunis to the Senate, and his gifts; Nuremberg asks for a sample of Venetian laws
- Senate hands Alessio over to the Turkish sultan; death of Sabellico; ambassador of the sultan of Egypt comes to Venice to settle disputes
- Letter of Pope Julius is rejected by the Senate
- Departure of Philip of Austria for Spain, and his death; King Ferdinand arrives in Naples
- Giovanni Bentivoglio is driven from Bologna by Pope Julius
- Senate decree passed against those who use the influence of princes or ambassadors
- Death of Pietro Barozzi; citizenship and security granted to Genoese at their request
- Louis arrives in Italy; conquest of Genoa; conversation of the same with King Ferdinand, and his return to Italy
- Soldiers from countryside levied by Venetians
- Maximilian’s request for permission to cross with his army denied; the Republic’s preparation for war
- The Germans invade Tyrol and Friuli
- Losses of the same at Pieve di Cadore
- Trieste is conquered by the Venetians, with many other towns
- Truce between Venetians and Maximilian
- Massive earthquake on Crete; Contarini Camali dies in shipwreck
- Law passed against those who seek magistracies by bribes
- Maximilian’s plea for peace is denied
- Strange people are captured in the British ocean
- The League of Cambrai
- Preparations of Venice for war
- Gunpowder in the Arsenale struck by Wre
- Deceptions of the king of Spain
- Beginning of war against Venice
- Venetians strike a treaty with four Swiss cantons
- The king of France declares war on Venice
- Venice excommunicated by the pope
- The king of France arrives in Milan, and his troops
- Battle of the Venetians and French at the Adda
- Book VIII (1509)
- Strategy and success of the Venetians after the defeat
- Venice offers towns of Apulia to King Ferdinand
- Brescia surrenders to King Louis
- Monks of San Giorgio go from Venice to Ferrara
- Towns of Romagna also handed over to Pope Julius, and to Maximilian those which belong to the Holy Roman Empire; treachery of Pope Julius and Alfonso d’Este
- Many states surrender to the French
- Venetians turn their strategy toward the defense of the city
- Treviso returns under Venetian dominion
- Wrongs of Alfonso d’Este toward Venice
- Exchange of Venetian and French prisoners
- Antonio Grimani is recalled from exile
- The fortress of Cremona is seized by the French
- Pope Julius oVers to negotiate with Venice
- Maximilian invades Venetian territory
- How the Venetian ambassadors are received by Julius
- After a debate, Padua is retaken by Venice
- Book V (1499–1501)
- Note on the Text and Translation
- Notes to the Text
- Notes to the Translation
- Bibliography
- Index
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History of Venice, Volume 2
Books V–VIII
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