VULGATE, the: 
  results of its being declared inviolable, i. 210.

W

WALDENSIANS in Calabria, the, i. 188.

WITCHCRAFT, chiefly confined to the mountain regions of Italy, i. 425;
  mainly used as a weapon of malice, ib.;
  details of the sorcery practised by Giacomo Centini, 425 sqq.

WIFE-MURDERS in Italy in the sixteenth century, i. 380 sq., 385.

X

XAVIER, Francis, associate of Ignatius Loyola, i. 239;
  his work as a Jesuit in Portugal, 256;
  his mission to the Indies, 260.

XIMENES, Cardinal, as Inquisitor General, i. 182.

Z

ZANETTI, Guido, delivered over to the Roman Inquisition, i. 145.

RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

THE CATHOLIC REACTION

In Two Parts

BY

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS

    ’Il mondo invecchia,
    E invecchiando intristisce’

    TASSO, Aminta, Act 2, sc. 2

PART II

NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

1887 AUTHOR’S EDITION

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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CHAPTER VII.

     TORQUATO TASSO.

Tasso’s Relation to his Age—­Balbi on that Period—­The Life of Bernardo Tasso—­Torquato’s Boyhood—­Sorrento, Naples, Rome, Urbino—­His first Glimpse of the Court—­Student Life at Padua and Bologna—­The Rinaldo—­Dialogues on Epic Poetry—­Enters the Service of Cardinal d’Este—­The Court of Ferrara—­Alfonso II. and the Princesses—­Problem of Tasso’s Love—­Goes to France with Cardinal d’Este—­Enters the Service of Duke Alfonso—­The Aminta—­Tasso at Urbino—­Return to Ferrara—­Revision of the Gerusalemme—­Jealousies at Court—­Tasso’s Sense of His own Importance—­Plans a Change from Ferrara to Florence—­First Symptoms of Mental Disorder—­Persecutions of the Ferrarese Courtiers—­Tasso confined as a Semi-madman—­Goes with Duke Alfonso to Belriguardo—­Flies in Disguise from Ferrara to Sorrento—­Returns to Court Life at Ferrara—­Problem of his Madness—­Flies again—­Mantua, Venice, Urbino, Turin—­Returns once more to Ferrara—­Alfonso’s Third Marriage—­Tasso’s Discontent—­Imprisoned for Seven Years in the Madhouse of S. Anna—­Character of Tasso—­Character of Duke Alfonso—­Nature of the Poet’s Malady—­His Course of Life in Prison—­Released at the Intercession of Vincenzo Gonzaga—­Goes to Mantua—­The Torrismondo—­An Odyssey of Nine Years—­Death at Sant Onofrio in Rome—­Constantini’s Sonnet

CHAPTER VIII.