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— INDEX —
Abruzzi family, ref 1
accession, ref 1
Agnadello, Battle of, ref 1
Albanese, Tomaso, ref 1
d’Albret, Amanieu, ref 1, ref 2
d’Albret, Charlotte, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
d’Alègre, Yves, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
Alexander V, Pope, ref 1
Alexander VI, Pope, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13. see also Borgia, Rodrigo; brings order to Rome, ref 1; children of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7; conclave following death of, ref 1; consistories, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; coronation of, ref 1; death of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; death of son, Juan, ref 1; described, ref 1; election of, ref 1, ref 2; Ferrara and, ref 1; final illness and death of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; France and, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12; friction with son Cesare Borgia, ref 1; Jubilee (1500) and, ref 1; lifestyle of, ref 1; Milan and, ref 1, ref 2; military campaigns of 1502–03 and, ref 1; moves papal court to Viterbo, ref 1; Naples and, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7; Papal States and, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; reform of Curia, ref 1; Savonarola