soldiers' visits to convents, 316 _n._

BRANCACCIO, Diana, treachery of, towards the Duchess of Palliano, i. 378;
her murder, 379.

'BRAVI,' maintenance of by Italian nobles, i. 313;
tales illustrative of, 388 _sqq._;
relations of trust between _bravi_ and foreign Courts, 409.

BRIGANDAGE in Italy, i. 416.

BROWN, Mr. H.F., his researches in the Venetian archives, i. 189 _n._

BRUCCIOLI, Antonio, translator of the Bible into Italian, i. 76.

BRUNO, Giordano:
his birth, and training as a Dominican, ii. 129;
early speculative doubts, 130;
_Il Candelajo_, 131, 183;
early studies, 133;
prosecution for heresy, 134;
a wandering student, 135;
at Geneva, 136;
Toulouse, 137;
at the Sorbonne, 138;
the Art of Memory, 139, 154;
_De Umbris Idearum_, _ib._;
relations with Henri III., 140;
Bruno's person and conversation, 141;
in England, _ib._;
works printed in London, 142;
descriptions of London life, _ib._;
opinion of Queen Elizabeth, 143;
lecturer at Oxford, 144;
address to the Vice-Chancellor, 146;
academical opposition, 147;
the Ash-Wednesday Supper, _ib._;
in the family of Castelnau, 148;
in Germany, 149;
Bruno's opinion of the Reformers, _ib._;
the _De Monade_ and _De Triplici Minimo_, 150;
Bruno in a monastery at Frankfort, 151;
invited to Venice, 153;
a guest of Mocenigo there, 154;
his occupations, 156;
denounced by Mocenigo and imprisoned by the Inquisition, 157;
the heads of the accusation, 157 _sqq._;
trial, 159;
recantation, 160;
estimate of Bruno's apology, 161;
his removal to and long imprisonment at Rome, 163;
his execution, 164;
evidence of his martyrdom, 164 _sqq._;
Schoppe's account, 165;
details of Bruno's treatment in Rome, 167;
the burning at the stake, 167 _sq._;
Bruno a martyr, 168;
contrast with Tasso, 169;
Bruno's mental attitude, 170 _sq._;
his championship of the Copernican system, 172;
his relation to modern science and philosophy, 173;
conception of the universe, 173 _sqq._;
his theology, 175;
the _Anima Mundi_, 177;
anticipations of modern thought, 178, 182;
his want of method, 180;
the treatise on the Seven Arts, 182;
Bruno's literary style, 182 _sqq._;
his death contrasted with that of Sarpi, 239 _n._

BRUSANTINI, Count Alessandro (Tassoni's 'Conte Culagna'), ii. 301, 306.

BUCKET, the Bolognese, ii. 305.

BUONCOMPAGNO, Giacomo, bastard, son of Gregory