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  Index

  Page numbers in italics refer to the illustrations following page 166.

  Adriani, Giovanni Battista, 170, 259

  Aguareles, Eugenio Serrablo, 70

  Aguilar, Francisco de, 199, 201

  Ahmed Pasha, 25–26, 270n19

  Alberti, Giovanni Battista, 178

  Algiers, 5, 34–35, 40–41, 86, 169, 255, 272n7, 273n25

  Anastagi, Vincenzo: portrait, 166, 203–4; post-siege, 263; siege of Malta, 93, 117, 195, 198, 204–7, 212, 216–17, 236, 293n14, 295nn24–25

  Aretino, Pietro, 43

  Armenia, Luca de, 116–17, 285n4

  Ascham, Roger, 53, 72–73

  Avicenna, 192

  Avogadro, Paolo, 160

  Badoara, Andrea, 276n17

  Baigli (knight), 295n19

  Bajada, Toni, 173, 180
–81, 199

  Balbi da Correggio, Francesco: battle length, 220, 295n34; casualties, 156, 284n15; Christian forces, 144–45, 181, 198, 230, 231, 235, 241, 286n1, 291n16, 298n7; civilians, 149–50, 282n31; Fort St. Elmo, 120, 129, 137, 138, 139, 159, 162, 285n18, 288n1; Fort St. Michael, 187, 189, 191, 201; Lascaris, 179, 263–64; Marsa, 293n11; Mihrimah’s nurse, 75; Ottoman forces, 91, 114, 151, 175, 234, 245, 250, 288n16, 288n1 (chap. 15), 290n1; Suleiman’s intentions, 79; Sultana, 279n23; work by, 266

  Barbarossa, Aroudj, 5, 33–34, 86, 272n7

  Barbarossa, Khairedihn, 5, 30, 33–40, 42–45, 49, 90, 166, 185

  Barbaroszade. See Hassan ben Khairedihn

  Bayazid (Suleiman’s son), 73

  Belgrade, 4–5, 269n7

  Benjamin, E., 166

  Birgu, Malta: Christian forces, 100, 104, 154, 164, 171–72, 180–81, 235, 238, 287n7, 287n1 (chap. 13); civilians, 116, 117, 154; defenses, 93, 94, 106, 138, 226, 235, 250; Ottoman forces, 113, 175–77, 182, 197, 218, 232, 237

  Boabdil, Sultan (Granada), 33

  Boisbreton, Chevalier de, 154, 236, 242

  Bonello, Giovanni, 275n31

  Bonello, Vincenzo, 275n31

  Bosio, Antonio, 26, 265

  Bosio, Giacomo: casualties, 284n15, 288n13, 292n1; Christian forces, 212, 281n7, 283n12, 285n19, 286n1, 291nn6–7, 295n24, 296n22; Fort St. Elmo, 120, 179, 286n12, 288n1, 288n13; Ottoman forces, 80, 162, 279n23, 283n12, 283n16, 286n6, 288n16, 292n5, 293n13; Senglea, 220; Toledo, 85, 281n7; Valette, 46, 120, 281n7, 285n19; war as Hell, 185; work by, 265

  Bourbon, Jacques de, 18

  Bradford, Ernle, 298n3

  Brantôme, Pierre de Bordeille, 30, 45, 74, 263, 264, 299n

  Braudel, Fernand, 264, 266

  bravi d’Algieri, 185–92, 292n1

  Bregante, Gregorio, 107, 265, 284n3, 288n16

  Broglio, Luigi, 93, 107–8, 114, 134, 135, 143, 144, 287n8

  Busbecq, Ogier Ghiselin de, 64, 67, 68–69, 109, 209, 230, 277n40, 278n10

  Calì, Giuseppe, 166

  Callus, Mattew, 59

  Candelissa, 185, 186, 188, 191, 202, 292n1

  Cardona, Juan de, 171–72

  Castile, Post of: Christian defenses, 112, 200, 206, 237; location, 104, 180; Ottoman attacks, 112, 201–3, 206, 218–19, 225, 232, 233, 296n5

  Castriota, Costantino, 133, 140–43

  Castrioti, George, 3–4

  Castro, Abraham de, 271n16

  Castrucco, Giovanni, 101

  Cataneo, Girolamo, 286n9

  Catarinetta (galley), 49

  Cecil, 158, 193, 264

  Çelebi, Kâtip, 61, 64, 65, 162

  Cervantes, 262

  Chaifer Rais, 174–75

  Charles V, Holy Roman emperor, 166; abdication, 59, 71; Algiers, 34, 40–41, 273n25; alliances, 32, 34, 36–40; appearance, 23–24; death, 71; Francis I’s captivity, 24–27; gift of Malta to Order, 21–23, 29, 47; as Holy Roman emperor, 24, 28; Italian wars, 57–58; Mahdia, 50–51; Mediterranean theater, 5–6, 31–33, 275n32; relations with France, 12, 23–25, 28; Rhodes, 26; Rome, 28, 271n26; Tunis, 36–40

  Cheder, sanjak-bey (Bosnia), 219–20

  Chelibi, Evliya, 82

  Chios, 3, 90, 252, 257

  Ciano (soldier), 187

  Cihangir (Suleiman’s son), 73, 278n12

  Cirni, Anton Francesco: Christian forces, 243, 287n1, 295n24, 296n20; Fort St. Elmo, 120, 130, 156, 286n12, 287n7; Ottoman forces, 111, 162, 279n32, 284nn17–18, 297n27, 299n27; work by, 265

  Clement VII, Pope, 21, 23, 24–25, 27–28, 32, 271n11

  Clement VIII, Pope, 71

  Colonna, Pompeo, 197, 230

  Coloroti, Iacomo, 182, 196

  Concini, Yusuf, 75

  Constantinople: Charles V’s plans, 6, 32, 40; plague, 70; post-siege, 251–52, 300n14; regime change, 4–5

  Coppier, Guillaume de, 51, 93, 100–101, 104, 106–7, 129, 133, 145, 150, 291n7

  Coron, 30, 32

  corsairs: alliances, 5–6, 33–34, 83, 254; as businessmen, 251, 254; knights as, 4, 5–6, 73–78; post-siege, 254–55; siege of Malta, 123–24, 159, 161, 185–92, 251, 292n1, 292n5

  Cressy, Anthoine de, 124, 126, 249

  Crete, 3, 10, 20, 21

  Curione, Celio Secondo, 106, 128, 134, 286n1

  Curtogli (aga), 145

  Custodis, Jacob, 166

  Cyprus, 3, 253, 259, 261

  d’Amaral, Andreas, 17

  d’Aramon, Gabriel de Luetz, 55

  d’Autun, Jean Quinton, 21–22

  Davis, Robert, 274n16

  De Fourquevaux (ambassador), 251

  d’Eguaras, Juan: chain of command, 93, 100, 142; death, 160; Fort St. Elmo, 127, 135, 142, 147, 153, 156, 159–60; initial Malta battle, 110, 111; reconnaissance, 101–2, 103; wound, 111, 134, 156, 159

  d’Eguaras, Melchior, 93, 190

  Della Corgna, Ascanio, 166; combat skills, 211–12; command structure, 230, 242–43, 297n23, 297n25, 298n2; final Malta battle, 245–46, 247; Gran Soccorso, 216–17, 229, 236–37, 295nn23–24; incarceration, 212, 294nn11–12; intelligence reports, 212, 216–17, 295nn24–25; Lepanto, 253; Malta defense, 71, 278n6; Malta prisoners, 249–50; Malta strategy, 238; Mdina, 236–37, 242, 298n5; post-siege, 262–63; Siena, 58, 86

  d’Enghien, Duc, 42–43

  d’Ercilla, Ochoa, 272n13

  D’Homedes, Grand Master, 49, 53–57, 94–95, 275n32

  di Forli, Pietro, 153

  Djerba, 57–69; defenses, 62–63, 276n30, 277n35; fortress, 166; history, 34, 62, 275n; prisoners, 46–47, 68–69, 70, 277n2, 277n40; revenge for, 227; Tower of Skulls, 69, 166; Turgut’s escape, 51–52, 62; water supply, 67, 277n33

  Doria, Andrea: allegiance, 28; campaigns, 32, 37, 40, 41, 42, 50, 60, 62, 66, 275n32; career, 30, 32, 272n4; death, 68; men serving under, 46, 85–86; Turgut’s escape from, 51–52, 62; and Valette, 299n6

  Doria, Giannettino, 44

  Doria, Giovanni (Gianandrea), 166; death, 262; Djerba, 63–64, 65, 68, 70; Lepanto, 253, 261, 262; Peñon de Velez, 86; post-siege, 262; siege of Malta, 196–97, 211, 216, 226–29, 250, 296n13; Tripoli, 60

  Doria, Marco Antonio Carretto, 70

  Dragut. See Turgut Reis

  El Greco, 166, 203–4

  Elizabeth I, Queen (England), 133, 162, 213, 257, 282n37, 301n2

  England: Order and, 93, 152, 213, 272n3, 282n37, 288n

  Escudero, Fortunio, 152, 160

  Faraone, Bartolomeo, 103, 104

  Ferdinand I, Holy Roman emperor, 69, 171

  Ferdinand II, King (Spain), 33

  Fort St. Angelo, 166; defenses, 114, 145, 225, 234; Fort St. Elmo battle, 118–20, 122, 129, 136, 145–46, 149, 151, 155, 157–58, 288n11; Fort St. Michael defense, 188, 189–90, 292n15; onset of siege, 99; Ottoman prisoners, 148; Ottoman strategy, 54, 180; powder mill explosion, 152–53

  Fort St. Elmo, 166; battle, 117–20, 124–30, 146–51, 153–57, 158–61; casualties, 129, 145, 149; Christian reinforcements, 120, 285n18; Christian revenge for, 191–92, 195; defenses, 94–95, 107, 114, 127; design flaws, 95, 123; onset of siege, 99; Order’s flag, 241; Ottoman strategy, 113–14, 125–27; public accounts of, 213; ravelin, 127, 132–34, 139, 146; strategic importance, 135–36; supplies, 146, 147; Valette’s resolve, 138–45; weapons, 125–26, 144–45

  Fort St. Michael: defenses, 196, 200; foundation, 57; Ottoman forces, 175–77, 186–92, 194, 201–6, 217–18, 224–25, 231, 232. See also Senglea, Malta

  Fortuyn, Ramon, 101, 153–54

  France, foreign relations, 12, 23–25, 28, 42–43, 58, 59

  Francis I, King (France): alliances, 28, 32, 272n4; death, 71; invasion of Italy, 24, 42–43; as prisoner, 24–28; relations with Spain, 12, 23–25, 28; Rhodes, 26, 271n19; and Suleiman, 27, 79

  Franco, Giacomo, 166

  Fugger family, 82

  Gelal-Zade, Mustafa, 3, 19, 270n19

  Genoa, 3, 12, 27, 32, 44, 49

  Giacomo (historian), 18

  Giou (knight), 51, 73–74, 76–77, 93, 100, 110

 
; Gonzaga, Giulia, 36

  Gonzaga, Vincenzo, 211

  Gozo: defenses, 53; Gran Soccorso, 227, 228, 229; map, 166; in Ottoman strategy, 113, 125; raids on, 52, 54, 63; resources, 68, 108, 194, 231, 284n6

  Grand Harbor, Malta: defenses, 94, 95; map, 166; Ottoman forces, 113–15, 117, 150, 182–83, 185, 204, 234, 235; storm, 74–75

  Gran Soccorso, 226–28, 235–38, 241–42, 250, 297n4

  Gravina, Girolamo di, 181, 291n7

  Grugno (knight), 152, 288n1

  Guevara, Francesco di, 127, 128, 129

  Guilmartin, John, 70, 264

  Guimeran (knight), 51, 73–74

  Guiral, Francisco de, 189–90

  Guzman, Diego de, 230

  Hadrian VI, Pope, 12, 21

  Hassan Agha, 41, 78

  Hassan ben Khairedihn, 78, 83, 185–86, 188, 246–47, 280n57

  Hassan Rais Esse, 275n28

  Henry VIII, King (England), 2, 26, 93

  Hess, Andrew, 5, 258

  Hook, Judith, 271n26

  Hughes, Quentin, 126

  Hungary, invasions of, 31, 253, 257

  Hurrem (sultana), 72, 73, 74, 253

  Ibrahim Pasha, 27, 35

  Isabella II, Queen (Spain), 33

  Italy, wars and invasions, 24, 42–43, 57–58

  John of Austria, 254, 264

  Julius III, Pope, 56

  Kapudan Pasha, 261

  Khairedihn. See Barbarossa, Khairedihn

  Knights of St. John: Algiers, 41; current status, 255; dissolution fears, 28–29; Djerba, 61–63; galley, 166; loss of relevance, 254–55; Mahdia, 50–51; Mediterranean holdings, 2–3, 4, 32, 259; membership, 2, 93, 282n36; Modon, 30–31, 272n3; origins, 2; permanent home, 21–22, 25, 29, 39, 48, 56; as pirates, 4, 5–6, 73–78; Rhodes, 10–19; Tripoli, 36, 45, 47–49, 54–56, 60; Tunis, 37–39

  Knights of St. John, siege of Malta: aftermath, 251, 259; casualties, 103, 112, 129, 145, 149, 192, 247; command conflicts, 142, 243; command structure, 93, 230, 242; defenses, 93–95, 104, 106, 109, 112, 241–42, 283n20; deserters, 199–200; food supply, 231; medical care, 193–94; morale, 106, 138–41, 161, 196, 198; motivation, 256–57; prayers for, 152, 288n; preparations, 91–92; prisoners, 120, 160, 164–65, 195, 249–50, 285n18; reinforcements, 99, 196–97, 206, 215, 230 (See also Gran Soccorso; Piccolo Soccorso); retreat proposal, 225–26; troops, 100, 104, 107, 283n6; weapons, 111, 187, 224–25. See also specific battles

 

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