See also:

• ALAMANNI, or ALEMANNI, LUIGI (1495-1556)
• ALAMANNI, or ALLEMANNI

ALAMANNI, or ALEMANNI, See also:

• LUIGI

LUIGI (1495-1556)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a devoted adherent of the See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici party, but See also:

• LUIGI

Luigi, smarting under a sup-posed injustice, joined with others in an unsuccessful See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy against Giulio de' Medici, afterwards See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement VII . He was obliged in consequence to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, and, on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Clement, to flee to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . When Florence shook off the papal yoke in 1527, See also:

• ALAMANNI, or ALEMANNI, LUIGI (1495-1556)
• ALAMANNI, or ALLEMANNI

Alamanni returned, and took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the management of the affairs of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . On the restoration of the Medici in 1530 he had again to take refuge in France, where he composed the greater part of his See also:

• WORKS

works . He was a favourite with See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I., who sent him as See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V. after the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Crepy in 1544 . As an instance of his tact in this capacity, it is related that, when Charles interrupted a complimentary address by quoting from a satirical poem of Alamanni's the words " 1' See also:

• AQUILA
• AQUILA ('AxdXas), (1)
• AQUILA, CASPAR [KASPAR ADLER] (1488-1560)
• AQUILA, SERAFINO

aquila grifagna, Che per piu devorar, duoi rostri porta " (Two crooked bills the ravenous See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle bears, The better to devour), the latter at once replied that he spoke them as a poet, who was permitted to use See also:

• FICTIONS

fictions, but that he spoke now as an ambassador, who was obliged to tell the truth . The ready reply pleased Charles, who added some complimentary words . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Francis, Alamanni enjoyed the confidence of his successor See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II., and in 1551 was sent by him as his ambassador to See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa . He died at See also:

• AMBOISE
• AMBOISE, GEORGES

Amboise on the 18th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1556 . He wrote a large number of poems, distinguished by the purity and excellence of their See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . The best is a didactic poem, La Coltivazione (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1546), written in See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil's Georgics .

His Opere Toscane (See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, 1532) consists of satirical pieces written in See also:

• BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . An unfinished poem, Avarchide, in imitation of the Iliad, was the See also:

• WORK

work of his old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age and has little merit . It has been said by some that Alamanni was the first to use blank verse in Italian See also:

• POETRY

poetry, but the distinction belongs rather to his contemporary Giangiorgio Trissino . He also wrote a poetical See also:

• ROMANCE

romance, Girone it Cortese (Paris, 1548); a tragedy, See also:

• ANTIGONE, (I)

Antigone; a See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, See also:

• FLORA

Flora; and other poems . His works were published, with a See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography by P . Raffaelli, as Versi e See also:

• PROSE

prose di Luigi Alamanni (Florence, 1859) . See G . Nato, Luigi Alamanni e la coltivazione (See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse, 1897), and C . Corso, Un decennio di patriottismo di Luigi Alamanni (See also:

• PALERMO (Greek, Havopuos; Latin, Panhormus, Panormus)

Palermo, 1898) .