GENOA, becomes subject to Spain, i. 18.

GENTILE, Valentino, i. 73.

GERSON’S Considerations upon Papal Excommunications,
  translated by Sarpi, ii. 200.

‘GERUSALEMME Conquistata,’ Tasso’s, ii. 75, 114 sq., 124.

‘GERUSALEMME Liberata:’  at first called Gottifredo, ii. 35;
  its dedication, 38, 47 sq.;
  submitted by Tasso 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, ambassador from Clement VII.
  to Charles V., i. 19.

—–­Cardinal Scipione, a friend of Tasso, ii. 26, 42, 46, 67, 73.

—–­Don Ferrante, i. 25.

—–­Eleanora Ippolita, Duchess of Urbino, i. 37.

—–­Federigo, Marquis of Mantua, i. 26.

—–­Vincenzo, obtains Tasso’s release, ii. 73;
  the circumstances of his marriage, i. 386.

‘GOTTIFREDO.’  Tasso’s first title 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 Tasso, ii. 69 n.;
  publishes a revised edition of Tasso’s lyrics, 72;
  Guarini’s parentage, 244;
  at the Court of Alfonso II. of Ferrara, 245;
  a rival of Tasso, ib.;
  engaged on foreign embassies, 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 Tasso’s Aminta, 275.

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