Bruni, Leonardo

Epistolae [Selections from Bruni's Public Letters or Missive]

I [Liberty within Dominion Status]	p. 133
II [Restoration of self-government to Volterra]	p. 134
III [Desire for the Restoration of the ancient Friendship with Lucca]	p. 135
IV [Protection of the State of the Church]	p. 135
V [Sforza relieved of Service to the Duke of Milan]	p. 136
VI [Financial Relations with Sforza and Respect for the States of the Church]	p. 137
VII [Support for the Spiritual and Temporal Power of the Pope and Offer of Asylum in Florentine Territory]	p. 138
VIII [Sforza appointed Marquess of the March of Ancona]	p. 139
IX [Piccinino’s gambit]	p. 141
X [The Pope’s Ambition to Recover Bologna in 1434]	p. 142
XI [Sforza’s Contract (Condotta) with the League of Florence and Venice, 1436]	p. 142
XII [Florentine Faith in Sforza]	p. 144
XIII [Florence, Sforza and the Count of Poppi]	p. 144
XIV [Peace Terms acceptable because they include Restoration of the States of the Church]	p. 145
XV [Peace Terms based on Mutual Respect for Territorial Integrity]	p. 145
XVI [Alarm over Genoa’s Truce with Milan]	p. 146
XVII [Florentine Congratulations to the Doge of Genoa on the Restoration of Liberty]	p. 147
XVIII [Sforza and the Risk of Genoese Reconciliation with Milan]	p. 149
XIX [The triple Alliance and Hopes for Liberty and Peace]	p. 150
XX [The Duke of Milan accused of aiming to extend his Dominions]	p. 150
XXI [The Renewal of Sforza’s Condotta and his Conflict with the Pope]	p. 151
XXII [Sforza withdraws his Army from the Vicinity of papal Bologna]	p. 152
XXIII [Sforza’s Evidence of a papal Plot against him]	p. 153
XXIV [Revelation of secret Papal Documents and the Effect on Renewal of Sforza’s Condotta]	p. 154
XXV [Milanese envoys visiting Sforza]	p. 155
XXVI [The Prospect of inheriting Milan dangled before Sforza]	p. 156
XXVII [Florentine Support for the Pope’s Diplomatic Efforts on Behalf of Peace]	p. 158
XXVIII [Milan accused of a Breach of the Peace]	p. 159
XXIX [Venice accused of Failure to come to the Support of her Ally]	p. 160
XXX [Florence rejects the Luccan Request to participate in the Negotiations for Peace]	p. 161
XXXI [Florence agrees to let Sforza go to the Assistance of Venice]	p. 162
XXXII [Venice proposes a Change in the Conditions of Sforza’s Employment]	p. 163
XXXIII [Florence rejects the Proposal citing the Dependence of Florence on Sforza]	p. 163
XXXIV [Venice rejects the Warning of Cosimo de’ Medici that Sforza might Abandon the League]	p. 166
XXXV [Venice denies Opposition to Florentine Acquisition of Lucca]	p. 166
XXXVI [Florence notifies her Allies of her Abandonment of the War against Lucca]	p. 166
XXXVII [The Venetian Response]	p. 167
XXXVIII [The Pursuit of a general Peace favored by Florence]	p. 168
XXXIX [A Florentine Appeal to the Luccans to return to ancient Friendship]	p. 169
XL [Threatened by Piccinino, the Venetians seek the Reengagement of Sforza]	p. 170
XLI [Venetian War Aims]	p. 171
XLII [Piccinino’s Threat to Brescia and a Desire for Florentine Assistance]	p. 174
XLIII [Venetian Efforts to regain the Services of Francesco Sforza]	p. 175
XLIV [Secret Negotiations with the Florentine Council of Ten regarding the Reemployment of Sforza]	p. 176
XLV [The vital Interests of the Papal States, of Venice, of the League, and of all Italy require Sforza’s Return to Service]	p. 177
XLVI [Sforza’s Condotta of 19 February 1439]	p. 179
XLVII [Sforza summoned to save Brescia and the Venetian State]	p. 180