- Map: The Republic of Venice, ca. 1500
- History of Venice
- Book IX (1509)
- Maximilian returns to Trento
- Many towns are retaken by Venice
- Preparations of the Venetians for the defense of Padua and attacks on the enemy
- Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, is captured by the Venetians
- Padua is attacked by Maximilian
- Girolamo Savorgnan’s achievements for the Republic
- Maximilian abandons the attack on Padua
- Decision by decree to destroy everything around Padua
- Events in Dalmatia, Istria,and Friuli
- Vicenza is taken by the Venetians
- War is declared by the Senate and waged on Alfonso d’Este
- The Republic’s army is sent to Verona in vain
- Many towns are retaken by Venice
- Progress of the fleet sent against Alfonso d’Este
- The Venetian fleet is crushed by Alfonso
- A parent is punished for using his daughter as a concubine
- A way to placate Pope Julius is found by the Senate
- Book X (1510)
- Battle of Venetians with Maximilian’s forces at the San Martino bridge
- How satisfaction was given to the king of Hungary for payments
- At the request of Adria, the Senate grants a magistrate and ships for their self-protection
- Various sallies of Maximilian’s forces from Verona; death of Niccolò Orsini
- Exchange of prisoners with the French
- Various battles and skirmishes between Alfonso d’Este and the Venetians, and also between the Venetians and Maximilian’s forces around Verona
- Julius receives the Venetian ambassadors and annuls the bull of excommunication
- Ambassadors sent to make peace with Maximilian return unsuccessful
- Laws passed for the purpose of collecting funds
- Attack on Verona attempted in vain
- Law excluding relatives of priests from the Senate in matters involving the pope repealed
- Uncertainty of Julius’ plans
- Deliberations of the Senate concerning the selection of a captain-general
- Invasion of the Republic’s territory by the French
- A new Fondaco de’ Tedeschi is built
- Vicenza is taken by the French along with many other towns; cruelty of the French toward those taking refuge in tunnels
- Friuli invaded by the forces of Maximilian
- Legnago is captured by the French
- Death of the cardinal of Rouen
- Treaty of Julius and the Venetians with the Swiss
- Various sallies of Germans, Venetians, and French, and lesser battles; sedition of island of Lesina put down
- Weapons from the Council’s armory given to Renzo da Ceri
- Death of Caterina Cornaro
- Fleet sent to Julius against Genoa
- Progress of the French army against the Venetians; King Ferdinand of Spain sends the white horse to Julius as tribute
- Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, is discharged by the Venetians
- Monselice is taken by the French
- Death of Giovanni Sforza; start of the war of Julius with Alfonso d’Este
- Lucio Malvezzi is declared captain-general of the Republic’s army; the Salt Office is reduced from six men to four
- Julius’ attempts against Genoa unsuccessful, and return of fleet to Civitavecchia
- The king of Hungary declares war on Venice, but does not wage it
- Julius’ edict against Alfonso, and his abuse directed at the king of France
- Venice and the pope again send a fleet to Genoa
- Modena is taken by the pope
- Plans of the Venetians for taking Brescia
- Invasion of the Swiss into territory held by the French
- Law passed concerning the magistrates who take care of the Republic in the Senate
- Book XI (1510–1511)
- The Venetian fleet heads for Genoa with the pope’s troops, encounters the French fleet, and returns unsuccessful
- The pope makes his way to Bologna, and his war against Alfonso d’Este
- The Venetians attack Verona and lift the siege
- The Venetian fleet, sent against Alfonso, is crushed
- A second fleet is sent against the same, and actions taken on land between them
- Defeat of the French near Montagnana
- Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, is named captain-general of the Venetian and papal armies
- A law on electoral corruption is passed at Venice
- Venetian sally into the Tesino district
- The Venetian and papal armies are joined against Alfonso, and their achievements
- The pope excommunicates the French
- An army is again sent to Verona and retreats from there unsuccessful
- Concordia is taken by the Venetians
- A two-headed baby is born in Venice
- French defeat at the Secchia river
- Mirandola is taken by Julius
- Julius cedes Modena to Maximilian
- Alfonso routs Julius’ army
- Earthquake in Venice and on the mainland
- Concordia is retaken by the French
- Bologna is taken by the French and the Bentivoglio; the Venetians are crushed near Bologna by mountain bands
- Cardinal Alidosi is slaughtered by Francesco Maria della Rovere
- Julius’ edict against Bologna
- A Council is declared at Pisa, and the pope is summoned to it
- Various battles in Friuli
- Defeat of the Venetians near Verona
- Treviso is fortified by wondrous artifice
- Doge Loredan congratulates Bartolomeo da Mosto on his election as a senator
- Book XII (1511–1513)
- Defeat suffered in Istria at the hands of Frangipane
- Advances of the French and Germans in Friuli and elsewhere
- Illness of Julius; Pesaro is handed over by Julius to Francesco Maria della Rovere
- Destructive raids by the Germans from the Alps
- Incursions of the French all the way to Lio Maggiore
- Treaty of Venice with Julius and the king of England
- The French and Germans besiege Treviso, and their departure
- Law passed concerning the creation of a new magistracy for the Arsenale
- Army sent to recover losses in Friuli, and its achievements
- Vicenza returns to the dominion of the Republic
- Julius strips of their cardinalate those who had convened the Council of Pisa
- Pietro Balbo appointed to negotiate for Venetian merchants in Egypt
- Fighting at Muggia in Istria and Cormons in Friuli
- Maximilian’s representatives negotiate for passage to Rome
- Offer from the Swiss of aid against the French accepted
- Skirmishes at Gradisca in Friuli
- Brescia and Bergamo are taken by Venice
- Various peace negotiations with Maximilian
- Bologna, under siege by the papal and Spanish forces, is liberated by the French
- Defeat of Venice at Villafranca
- Brescia is conquered by the French
- Twelve ambassadors of the Swiss come to the city
- Truce between Maximilian and Venice
- Battle of Ravenna
- Opening of the Lateran Council
- Ravenna is recovered by the pope with its fortress
- The Swiss join the Venetian army, and their achievements
- Bologna surrenders again to Julius
- The French are driven from towns in Lombardy and Piedmont
- Selim wrests the sultanate from his father Bayazid, and his embassy to Venice
- Genoa is taken by Giano Fregoso
- Alfonso d’Este is released from Julius’ interdict, and flees from Rome
- The Swiss are called by Julius “Defenders of the Church of Rome”
- Julius’ unsuccessful attempts against Alfonso
- Return of the Medici to Florence; Julius excommunicates the king of France
- Venice retakes Crema
- Defeat of the French in Gascony
- Venice renews her treaty with the sultan of Egypt
- The viceroy of Naples seizes Brescia
- Treaty of Julius with Maximilian, his alienation from Venice, and death
- Election of Giovanni de’ Medici as Pope Leo X
- Book IX (1509)
- Note on the Text and Translation
- Notes to the Text
- Notes to the Translation
- Bibliography
- Index
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