Preface -- Table of contents -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- A -- Aachen, Hans von (1552-1615) -- Abbate, Niccolò dell' (1509-1571) -- Abravanel (or Abarbanel), Isaac (1437-1508) -- Academia secretorum naturae -- (Latin 'The Academy of the Secrets of Nature') -- academy -- Acciaiuoli, Donato (1429-1478) -- Acciaiuoli family -- Accolti, Benedetto (1415-1464) -- Accolti, Bernardo (1458-1535) -- also known as Unico Aretino, -- Accolti family -- Achillini, Alessandro (1463-1512) -- Acosta, José de (c. 1539-1600) -- Adagia -- Adamson, Patrick (1537-1592) -- Adlington, William (lived 16th century) -- Adoration of the Lamb -- or Ghent Altarpiece, -- Adrian VI (or Hadrian VI) (1459-1523) -- born Adrian Dedel, -- Adriano de Castello -- Adriano Fiorentino (c. 1450-1499) -- also known as Adriano di Giovanni de' Maestri, -- Aertzen, Pieter (c. 1509-1575) -- Afonso V (1432-1481) -- called 'el Africano', -- Agostino di Duccio (1418-1481) -- Agostino Veneziano (c. 1490-c. 1536) -- also known as Agostino de' Musi, -- Agricola, Alexander (1446-1506) -- adopted name of Alexander Ackerman, -- Works -- Church music -- Secular music -- Agricola, Georgius (1490-1555) -- born Georg Bauer, -- Agricola, Martin (1486-1556) -- adopted name of Martin Sore, -- Agricola, Rudolphus (1444-1485) -- Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius (1486-1535) -- Ailly, Pierre d' (1350-1420) -- Alamanni, Luigi (1495-1556) -- Alberti, Gasparo (c. 1480-c. 1560) -- Works -- Church music -- Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472) -- Albertinelli, Mariotto (1474-1515) -- Albizzi, Rinaldo degli (1370-1442) -- Albuquerque, Afonso de (1453-1515) -- called 'the Elder', -- Albuquerque, Afonso de (1500-1580) -- called 'the Younger', -- Alciati, Andrea (1492-1550) -- Alcock, John (c. 1430-1500).

Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-c. 1561) -- Aldine Academy -- Aldine Press -- Aldrovandi, Ulisse (1522-1605) -- Aleandro, Girolamo (1480-1542) -- Alemán, Mateo (1547-post 1615) -- Alessi, Galeazzo (1512-1572) -- Alexander VI (1430 or 1432-1503) -- born Rodrigo Borgia or Borja, -- Alfonso II (1448-1495) -- also known as Alfonso II of Naples, -- Alfonso V (1395-1458) -- called 'the Magnanimous', -- Ali, Mustafa (1541-1600) -- all'antica -- Allen, William (1532-1594) -- Alleyn, Edward (1566-1626) -- Allori, Alessandro (c. 1535-1607) -- Almeida, Francisco de (c. 1450-1510) -- Aloysius, St (1568-1591) -- born Luigi Gonzaga, -- Alpini, Prospero (1553-1616) -- altarpiece -- Gothic altarpieces -- Altdorfer, Albrecht (c. 1480-1538) -- Alva, Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo (1508-1582) -- Duke of Alva or Alba, -- Alvarado, Pedro de (c. 1485-1541) -- Amadeo, Giovanni Antonio (1447-1522) -- Amat, Juan Carlos (1572-1642) -- Amberger, Christoph (c. 1500-c. 1561) -- Amboise, Georges d' (1460-1510) -- Ambrosian Republic -- Amerbach, Johannes (1443-1513) -- Amman, Jobst (1539-1591) -- Ammanati, Bartolommeo (1511-1592) -- Ammerbach (or Amerbach), Elias Nikolaus (1530-1597) -- Amsdorf, Nikolaus von (1483-1565) -- Amyot, Jacques (1513-1593) -- Ana, Francesco d' (1460-1503) -- Anabaptist -- (Greek 'baptize again') -- anamorphosis -- anatomy -- André, Bernard (c. 1450-c. 1522) -- Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) -- born Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco, -- Andreoli, Giorgio (c. 1470-1553) -- called 'Maestro Giorgio', -- Andrewes, Lancelot (1555-1626) -- Angeli, Pietro Angelo (1517-1596) -- also known as Pier Angelo Bargeo, -- Angelico, Fra (c. 1400-1455) -- born Guido di Pietro, -- Anghiari, Battle of -- Anguissola, Sofonisba (1527-c. 1623) -- Anjou dynasty -- Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) -- Annio of Viterbo (1432/7-1502) -- Ansidei Madonna, The -- Antico, Andrea de (c. 1480-after 1539).

Antico, L' (c. 1460-1528) -- antipope -- Antonello da Messina (c. 1430-1479) -- Antonino, St (1389-1459) -- born Antonino (or Antonio) Pierozzi, -- Anwykyll, John (died 1487) -- Apel, Nikolaus (c. 1475-1537) -- Apelles -- Apian, Peter (1495-1552) -- born Peter Bienewitz, -- Apollo Belvedere -- Apostolius, Michael (died 1480) -- Appenzeller, Benedictus (c. 1485-after 1558) -- Works -- Appleby, Thomas (1488-c. 1562) -- Apuleius (died 2nd century AD) -- Aquaviva, Claudius (1543-1615) -- Arason, Jón (1484-1550) -- Araucana -- Arbeau, Thoinot (1520-1595) -- born Jehan Tabourot, -- Arcadelt, Jacob (c. 1505-c. 1567) -- Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1527-1593) -- Arena Chapel -- or Scrovegni Chapel, -- Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556) -- Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll (1530-1573) -- Argyropolous, Johannes (1415-1487) -- Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533) -- Armin, Robert (c. 1565-1610) -- Arminius, Jacobus (1560-1609) -- Dutch Jakob Harmensen, -- Arndt, Johann (1555-1621) -- Arrabbiati -- (Italian 'the Enraged') -- Arran, James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (c. 1515-1575) -- ars nova -- (Latin 'new art') -- Ascensius, Jodocus Badius -- Ascham, Roger (c. 1515-1568) -- Ashwell (or Ashewell or Hashewell), Thomas (c. 1478-after 1513) -- Asola, Giammateo (c. 1532-1609) -- Aspertini, Amico (c. 1475-1552) -- Aston, Hugh (c. 1480-1558) -- astrology -- Atahualpa (c. 1502-1533) -- Athanasius, St (296-373) -- Athanasius, St (296-373) -- Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa d' (1552-1630) -- Audley, Thomas (1488-1544) -- B -- Baron Audley of Walden, -- Augsburg, Confession of -- Augsburg, Peace of -- Aurispa, Giovanni (1376-1459) -- auto -- Aytoun (or Ayton), Robert (1569-1638) -- Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) -- 1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans, -- Bade, Josse (1461/2-1535) -- also known as Jodocus Badius Ascensius, -- Baglioni family -- Baïf, Jean Antoine de (1532-1589).

Bakfark, Balint (Valentin Greff) (1507-1576) -- Balassi, Bálint (1554-1594) -- Baldovinetti, Alesso (1426-1499) -- Baldung Grien, Hans (1484/85-1545) -- Bale, John (1495-1563) -- ballet de cour -- (French 'court dance') -- Banchieri, Adriano (1568-1634) -- Works -- Bandello, Matteo (1485-1561) -- Bandinelli, Baccio (1488-1560) -- Barbari, Jacopo de' (1440s-c. 1516) -- Barbaro, Daniele (1513-1570) -- Barbaro, Ermolao (1410-1471) -- called 'the Elder', -- Barbaro, Ermolao (1454-1493) -- called 'the Younger', -- Barbaro, Francesco (1390-1454) -- Barbarossa -- Barbé, Anton (died 1564) -- Barclay, Alexander (c. 1475-1552) -- Bardi family -- Barends, Dirk (1534-1592) -- Barents, Willem (c. 1550-1597) -- Barnaba da Modena -- Barna da Siena (lived mid-14th century) -- Barnes, Barnabe (c. 1569-c. 1609) -- Barnfield, Richard (1574-1627) -- Barocci (or Baroccio), Federico (c. 1535-1612) -- also known as Fiori da Urbino, -- Baronius, Caesar (1538-1607) -- Italian Cesare Baronio, -- Barros, João de (?1496-1570/71) -- Bartas, Guillaume de Saluste du (1544-1590) -- Bartholomew Fair -- Bartoli (or di Bartolo), Taddeo (1363-1436) -- Bartolommeo, Fra (c. 1472-1517) -- also known as Baccio della Porta, -- Barzizza, Gasparino (1360-1431) -- Basawan (1556-1605) -- Basel, Confessions of -- Basel, Council of -- Basil of Caesarea, St (330-379) -- Bassano, Giovanni (c. 1558-c. 1617) -- Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (c. 1510-1592) -- Bateson, Thomas (c. 1570-1630) -- Báthory, Stephen (1533-1586) -- Batten, Adrian (1591-1637) -- Works -- Church music -- Baudart, Willem (1565-1640) -- Bauldeweyn, Noel (died c. 1530) -- Bay, Michel de -- Bayer, Johann (1572-1625) -- Beaufort, Lady Margaret (1441-1509) -- Countess of Richmond and Derby, -- Beccadelli, Antonio (1394-1471) -- called 'Il Panormita', -- Beccafumi, Domenico (c. 1486-1551) -- Beccaria, Antonio (c. 1400-1474).

Bedford, John, Duke of Bedford (1389-1435) -- Bedyngham, John (died c. 1460) -- Bekynton, Thomas (c. 1393-1465) -- Belgic Confession -- Bellano, Bartolommeo (c. 1440-c. 1497) -- Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo (1542-1621) -- Belleau, Rémy (c. 1528-1577) -- Bellechose, Henri (died 1444) -- Belleforest, François de (1530-1583) -- Bellegambe, Jean (c. 1470-c. 1535) -- Belli, Girolamo (1552-c. 1620) -- Belli, Valerio (c. 1468-1546) -- Bellini family -- Belon, Pierre (1517-1564) -- Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547) -- Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497) -- Benivieni, Girolamo (1453-1542) -- Berchem, Jachet de (c. 1505-c. 1565) -- Bermejo, Bartolomé (lived 15th century) -- Bermudo, Juan (c. 1510-c. 1565) -- Bernardino of Siena, St (1380-1444) -- Berni, Francesco (1497-1535) -- Beroaldo, Filippo the Elder (1453-1505) -- Beroaldo, Filippo the Younger (1472-1518) -- Berruguete, Alonso (c. 1488-1561) -- Berruguete, Pedro (died c. 1503) -- Bersuire, Pierre (c. 1290-1362) -- Bertaut, Jean (1552-1611) -- Bertoldo di Giovanni (c. 1440-1491) -- Bertrand, Antoine de (c. 1535-c. 1581) -- Besard, Jean-Baptiste (c. 1567-after 1617) -- Latin Johannes Baptista Besardus, -- Bessarion, Johannes (c. 1403-1472) -- Beza, Théodore (1519-1605) -- French Théodore De Bèsze, -- Bianchi Ferrari, Francesco (1460-1510) -- bianchi girari -- ('white vine-stem') -- Bible stories -- Binchois, Gilles de Bins (c. 1400-1460) -- Biondi, Gian Francesco (1572-1644) -- Biondo, Flavio (1392-1463) -- Biringuccio, Vannoccio (1480-c. 1539) -- Bissolo, Francesco (1492-1554) -- Blaeu (or Blaeuw), Willem Janszoon (1571-1638) -- Blahoslav, Jan (1523-1571) -- Bles, Herri met de (1480-1550) -- Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375) -- Boccalini, Trajano (1556-1613) -- Bodin, Jean (1530-1596) -- Bodley, Thomas (1545-1613) -- Boiardo, Matteo Maria, Count of Scandiano (1434-1494) -- Bol, Hans (1535-1593).

Boleyn, Anne (c. 1501-1536).