Abati, 83.
Adimari, Baldinaccio, 87–88.
Alberti, Neri di Messer Jacopo degli, 85.
Alighieri, 14, 82, 94–95.
Alighiero, father of Dante, 14, 18, 82.
Dante, see Dante.
Francisco, 90.
Jacopo, 65–66.
Piero, 65, 94–95.
Alessandro da Romena, 89.
Altoviti, Palmieri degli, 85, 88.
Aretines, 83.
Aretino, Lionardo Bruni, 5, 79.
life of Dante, 6, 81–95.
qualifications, 5, 81, 82, 83, 85, 90, 95.

Ballads, 70.
Beatrice Portinari, 5, 18–21, 23, 35, 61.
Bello, Gieri di Messer, 90.
Beltrando, Cardinal, 69–70.
Bianchi and Neri, 26–28, 57–59, 85–88.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 5, 7.
life of Dante, 6, 9–78, 81.
qualifications, 5, 11, 12, 25, 35, 37, 44, 58, 59, 65, 72, 77, 78, 81, 83, 84, 85.
Bonagiunta da Lucca, 93.
Bruni, see Aretino.

Cacciaguida, 14, 82.
Campaldino, 83, 85.
Cancellieri, 85.
Canzoni, 61, 70, 94.
Castello della Pieve, 87.
Cavalcanti, Guido, 87.
Cerchi, Gentile de', 87.
Torrigiano de', 87.
Charlemagne, 13.
Charles of Valois, 57, 58, 86–88.
Claudian, 39.
Colonne, Guido delle, 93.
Commedia, 5, 42, 61–62, 63–66, 67–68, 75–77, 93–94.
Convivio, 70.
Corvara, Piero della, 69.

Dante Alighieri,
ancestors, 14, 30, 58, 82, 95.
appearance, 21, 42–43, 90.
art, 16, 20, 23, 34, 45, 91, 93; see also genius, studies, writings.
arithmetic, study of, 91.
astrology, study of, 91.
banishment, 5, 10, 28, 30, 39, 63, 88.
birth, 5, 14–15, 73, 82.
boyhood, 15–16, 18–19, 43, 82, 84, 90.
cares, 18, 26, 27, 32, 62, 64. 65, 71, 85, 99–100; see also politics.
character, 15, 16, 19–23, 25–28, 30–34, 39, 40, 42–46, 57–59, 61, 67, 77, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 99, 100.
children, 10, 25, 30, 43, 65, 84, 90, 94.
concentration, 16, 32, 43–45.
death, 5, 32, 34–36, 65, 94, 100.
desire for fame, 16, 23, 27, 32, 44, 45–47, 56, 62.
desire to return to Florence, 31, 34, 40, 45, 57, 89.
disputation at Paris, 17, 45.
disregard of physical hardships, 16, 32, 91.
draughtsman, as, 90.
eloquence, 17, 43, 45, 99.
exile, 5, 30–33, 36, 57, 63, 88–90.
fame, contemporary, 30, 32, 35, 36, 42, 99.
fame, posthumous, 12, 17, 33, 41, 67, 71, 95.
father, 14, 18, 82.
friends, 18, 21, 30, 32, 35, 36, 43, 57, 63, 65, 68, 70, 83.
funeral, 34, 35, 100.
genius, 15, 17, 20, 26, 33, 43, 45, 74, 93.
geometry, study of, 91.