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88 HISTORICAL ABSTRACT.
1485. N.W. of Rome). The Pope endeavours to arouse R6n6, Duke of
Lorraine, to assert his rights to the Neapohtan kingdom. Meanwhile
d_sputes arise among the barons themselves (Prince of
Salerno and Count of Sarno) ; the Venetians become alarmed at
the idea of foreign intervention in Italian affairs; and after some
desultory fighting, the year ends without a settlement of the quarrel.
1486. The Neapolitan War.--Both parties continue under arms, but the
forces of the League grow stronger, and maintain their position in
the neighbourhood of Rome. Some of the barons give in their
submission. The Pope inclines towards a peace, which is finally
concluded on August II, after negotiations carried on by Gian
Giacomo Trivulzio and Giovanni Pontano (secretary to the Duke
of Calabria). Ferdinand undertakes to pardon the barons, to pay
an annual tribute to the Church as before, and to acknowledge the
Pope's rights over Aquila. But after the peace he persecutes the
barons with great severity, ' in mode che gli fu imputato a felicit_
1' avere avuta questa guerra, per avergli data occasione di assicurarsi
de' Baroni' (Guicciardini).
Savonarola sent to preach in Lombardy, chiefly at Brescia.
1487. The War against Sarzana carried on with great vigour by the
Florentines, who recover the place on June 22.
Marriage of Francescetto Cib6, son of the Pope, to Maddalena,
daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici.
1488. Conspiracy at _'orli (Machiavelli, St. Fief. lib. viii ; Ammirato, iii.
iSs; Napier, iii. 46o ff.).--Girolamo Riario, Count of Imola and
Forll, 'uomo per le sue malvagit_ a' suoi sudditi molto odioso,' is
murdered by Cecco del Orso on April I4; Caterma Sforza, his
wldow, and her children, are seized by the conspirators. But the
governor of the fortress holds out in favour of Caterina Sforza, and
refuses to receive any orders except from her. The conspirators
allow her to enter the fortress, with the ostensible object of procuring
its surrender; she maintains herself there, and defies the
conspirators. Ludovico More and Lorenzo de' Medici send troops
to Forll : the conspirators are allowed to make good their escape to
Siena: Ottaviano Riario is made governor of Forll and Imola, and
Caterina regent.
Conspiracy fat leaenza.--Galeotto de' Manfredi is murdered in a
conspiracy devised by his wife Francesca, daughter of Giovanni
Bentivoglio of Bologna. After the murder the inhabitants rise in
favour of the Manfredi, and Giovanni Bentivoglio hurries up to his
daughter's assistance. The speedy arrival of Florentine troops
settles matters. Astorre Manfredi, now only three years old, is
placed under the guardianship of eight citizens of Faenza, and eight
from the Val di Lamone ; Francesca is given into the keeping of
her father.