GERSON'S _Considerations upon Papal Excommunications_, translated by Sarpi, ii. 200.

'GERUSALEMME Conquistata,' Ta.s.so's, ii. 75, 114 _sq._, 124.

'GERUSALEMME Liberata:' at first called _Gottifredo_, ii. 35; its dedication, 38, 47 _sq._; submitted by Ta.s.so to censors, 43; their criticisms, 43 _sq._, 50; successful publication of the poem, 71; its subject-matter, 92; the romance of the epic, 93; Tancredi, the hero, 94; imitations of Dante and Virgil, 95 _sqq._; artificiality, 100; pompous cadences, 101; oratorical dexterity, 102; the similes and metaphors, _ib._; Armida, the heroine, 106.

GHISLIERI, Michele, _see_ PIUS V.

---Paolo, a relative of Pius V., i. 147.

GIBERTI, Gianmatteo, Bishop of Verona, i. 19.

GILLOT, Jacques, letter from Sarpi to, on the relations of Church and State, ii. 203.

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, Fra, an accomplice in the attacks on Sarpi, ii. 214.

'GLI ETEREI,' Academy of, at Padua, ii. 26.

GOLDEN crown, the, significance of, i. 34.

GONGORISM, i. 66.

GONZAGA, Cardinal Ercole, amba.s.sador from Clement VII.

to Charles V., i. 19.

---Cardinal Scipione, a friend of Ta.s.so, ii. 26, 42, 46, 67, 73.

---Don Ferrante, i. 25.

---Eleanora Ippolita, d.u.c.h.ess of Urbino, i. 37.

---Federigo, Marquis of Mantua, i. 26.

---Vincenzo, obtains Ta.s.so's release, ii. 73; the circ.u.mstances of his marriage, i. 386.

'GOTTIFREDO.' Ta.s.so's first t.i.tle for the _Gerusalemme Liberata_, ii. 35.

GOUDIMEL, Claude: his school of music at Rome, ii. 323.

GRANADA, Treaty of, i. 12.

GRAND style (in art), the so-called, ii. 379.

GREGORY XIII., Pope (Ugo Buoncompagno): his early career and election, i. 149; manner of life, 150; treatment of his relatives, 151; revival of obsolete rights of the Church, 152; consequent confusion in the Papal States, _ib._

GRISON mercenaries in Italy, i. 103 _n._

GUARINI, on the death of Ta.s.so, ii. 69 _n._; publishes a revised edition of Ta.s.so's lyrics, 72; Guarini's parentage, 244; at the Court of Alfonso II. of Ferrara, 245; a rival of Ta.s.so, _ib._; engaged on foreign emba.s.sies, 246; appointed Court poet, 247; domestic troubles, 249; his last years, 251; his death, _ib._; argument of the _Pastor Fido_, _ib._; satire upon the Court of Ferrara, 254; critique of the poem, 255; its style, 256; comparison with Ta.s.so's _Aminta_, 275.

GUELF and Ghibelline contentions: how they ended in Italy, i. 57.

GUICCIARDINI, Francesco, i. 33.

GUISE, Duke of: his defeat by Alva, i. 103; his murder, 129.

GUZMAN, Domenigo de (S. Dominic), founder of the Dominican Order, i. 162.

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HEGEMONY, Spanish, economical and social condition of the Italians under, i. 50; the evils of, 61.

HENCHENEOR, Cardinal William, i. 36.

HENRI III., favor shown to Giordano Bruno by, ii. 139.

HENRI IV., the murder of, i. 297.

HENRY VIII.: his divorce from Katharine of Aragon, i. 44.

HEROICO-comic poetry, Ta.s.soni's _Secchia Rapita_, the first example of, ii. 303.

'HISTORY of the Council of Trent,' Sarpi's, ii. 222 _sqq._

HOLY Office, _see_ INQUISITION.

HOLY Roman Empire, the, ii. 393.

HOMATA, Benedetta, attempted murder of by Gianpaolo Osio, i. 323 _sqq._

HOMICIDE, lax morality of the Jesuits in regard to, i. 306 _n._

HOSIUS, Cardinal, legate at Trent, i. 118.

HUMANISM, the work of, ii. 385, 391; what it involved, 392; Rationalism, its offspring, 404.

HUMANITY, the past and future of, ii. 408 _sqq._

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IL BORGA, a censor of the _Gerusalemme Liberata_, ii. 43.

'IL Candelajo,' Giordano Bruno's comedy, ii. 131, 183.

IL GUERCINO (G.F. Barbieri), Bolognese painter, ii. 365; his masterpieces, 367.

'IL PADRE di Famiglio,' Ta.s.so's Dialogue, ii. 63.

'IL Pent.i.to,' Ta.s.so's name as one of Gli Eterei, ii. 26.