See also:

• BEATRICE

BEATRICE See also:

• BEATRICE CENCI (1577-1599)

CENCI (1577-1599)  , a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman woman, famous for her tragic See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story; poetic See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy has See also:

• WOVEN

woven a See also:

• HALO

halo of See also:

• ROMANCE

romance about her, which See also:

• MODERN

modern historic See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research has to a large extent destroyed . See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

Born at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, she was the daughter of See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco See also:

• CENCI, BEATRICE (1577-1599)

Cenci (1549-1598), the See also:

• BASTARD (O. Fr. bastard, mod. bdtard = fits de bast, "pack-saddle child," from bast, saddle)

bastard son of a See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, and a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth but dissolute habits and violent See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper . He seems to have been guilty of various offences and to have got off with See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short terms of imprisonment by See also:

• BRIBERY (from the O. Fr. briberie, begging or vagrancy, bribe, Mid. Lat. briba, signifying a piece of bread given to beggars; the Eng. " bribe " has passed through the meanings of alms, blackmail and extortion, to gifts received or given in order to influ

bribery; but the monstrous See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty which popular tradition has attributed to him is purely legendary . His first wife, Ersilia See also:

• SANTA

Santa Croce, See also:

• BORE

bore him twelve See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, and nine years after her See also:

• DEATH

death he married Lucrezia Petroni, a widow with three daughters, by whom he had no offspring . He was very quarrelsome and lived on the worst possible terms with his children, who, however, were all of them more or less disreputable . He kept various mistresses and was even prosecuted for unnatural See also:

• VICE

vice, but his sons were equally dissolute . His harsh treatment of his daughter See also:

• BEATRICE

Beatrice was probably due to his See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery that she had had an illegitimate See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child as the result of an intrigue with one of his stewards (A . Bertolotti, in his Francesco Cenci, publishes Beatrice's will in which she provides for this child), but there is no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence that he tried to commit See also:

• INCEST (Lat. incestus, unchaste)

incest with her, as has been alleged . The eldest son Giacomo was a riotous, dishonest See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• SCOUNDREL

scoundrel, who cheated his own See also:

• FATHER

father and even attempted to See also:

• MURDER

murder him (1595) . Two other sons, Rocco and Cristoforo, both of them notorious rakes, were killed in brawls . Finally Francesco's wife Lucrezia and his children Giacomo, Bernardo and Beatrice, assisted by a certain See also:

• MONSIGNOR (It. monsignore, my lord)

Monsignor Guerra, plotted to murder him . Two bravos were hired (one of them named Olimpio, according to Bertolotti, was probably Beatrice's See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover), and Francesco was assassinated while asleep in his See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Petrella in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples (1598) .

Giacomo afterwards had one of the bravos murdered, but the other was arrested by the Neapolitan authorities and confessed everything . See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

Information having been communicated to Rome, the whole of the Cenci See also:

• FAMILY

family were arrested See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1599; but the story of the hardships they underwent in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison is greatly exaggerated . Guerra escaped; 66 Lucrezia, Giacomo and Bernardo confessed the See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime; and Beatrice, who at first denied everything, even under See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture, also ended by confessing . Great efforts were made to obtain See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy for the accused, but the crime was considered too heinous, and the 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 VIII.) refused to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant a See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon; on the 1 r th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1599, Beatrice and Lucrezia were beheaded, and Giacomo, after having been tortured with red-hot pincers, was killed with a See also:

• MACE (Fr. masse, O. Fr. mace, connected with Lat.'ntateola, a mallet)

mace, See also:

• DRAWN

drawn and quartered . Bernardo's See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his youth, was commuted to perpetual imprisonment, and after a See also:

• YEAR

year's confinement he was pardoned . The See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the family was confiscated . The romantic See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the See also:

• HISTORY

history of this family has been the subject of poems, dramas and novels . See also:

• SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1797-1851)
• SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822)

Shelley's tragedy is well known as a magnificent piece of See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, although the author adopts a purely fictitious version of the story . Nor is F . D . Guerrazzi's novel, Beatrice Cenci (See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, 1872), more trustworthy . The first See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• DEAL

deal with the subject on documentary evidence is A .

Bertolotti's Francesco Cenci e la See also:

• SUE, EUGENE [JosEPH MARIE] (1804—1857)

sue famiglia (2nd ed., See also:

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

Florence, 1879), containing a number of interesting documents which See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place the events in their true See also:

• LIGHT

light; cf . Labruzzi's See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in the Nueva Antologia, 1879, vol. xiv., and another in the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, See also:

• JANUARY

January 1879 .