Niccolo Rising - Dorothy Dunnett [1]
Scotland is important to this chronicle, as it was to Francis Crawford. Here, the young Queen of Scots is a thirteen-year-old Scandinavian, and her husband’s family are virtually children. This, framed in glorious times, is the story of the difficult, hesitant progress of a small nation, as well as that of a singular man.
Dorothy Dunnett
Edinburgh, 1998
Characters
(Those marked are recorded in history)
Charetty company, Bruges and Louvain
Marian de Charetty, the owner
Felix, her son by her late husband Cornelis
Mathilde (Tilde), her daughter
Catherine, her younger daughter
Julius, her notary
Claes, an apprentice
Gregorio of Asti, a lawyer
Henninc, Bruges manager
Astorre (Syrus de Astariis), mercenary leader
Thomas, Astorre’s deputy
Olivier, Louvain manager
Cristoffels, Louvain manager
Medici company, Bruges, Geneva and Milan
Angelo Tani, manager, Bruges
Tommaso Portinari, under-manager, Bruges
Francesco Nori, manager, Geneva
Francesco Sassetti, Geneva
Pigello Portinari, manager, Milan, and brother of Tommaso
Accerito Portinari, factor, Milan, and brother of Pigello and Tommaso
Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici of Florence, head of the Medici Bank
Pierfrancesco de’ Medici of Florence, nephew of Cosimo
The company of Thibault & Fleury
Jaak de Fleury, Geneva
Esota, wife of Jaak de Fleury
Thibault, vicomte de Fleury of Dijon, elder brother of Jaak
Maffino, Milanese agent of Thibault & Fleury
The company of Strozzi, Bruges and Naples
Jacopo di Leonardo Strozzi, manager, Bruges
Lorenzo di Matteo Strozzi, son of Jacopo’s cousin, and under-manager, Bruges
Niccolò di Leonardo Strozzi, Naples, elder brother of Jacopo
Filippo di Matteo Strozzi, Naples, elder brother of Lorenzo
Caterina di Matteo, sister of Filippo and Lorenzo, and wife of Marco Parenti
Marco di Giovanni da Parenti, silk merchant of Florence, husband of Caterina
Merchants and noblemen, Flanders
Anselm Adorne of the Hôtel Jerusalem
Margriet van der Banck, wife of Anselm Adorne
Jan Adorne, eldest son of Anselm
Anselm Sersanders, son of Anselm’s sister and Daniel Sersanders
Louis de Bruges, seigneur de Gruuthuse
Marguerite van Borselen, wife of Louis de Bruges
Guildolf de Gruuthuse, grandson of the seigneur’s bastard cousin Louis
Jehan Metteneye, host to the Scots merchants
Griete, wife of Metteneye
Mabelie, Metteneye’s servant
Pierre Bladelin, household controller in Bruges to Philip, Duke of Burgundy
João Vasquez, secretary to Isabelle, Duchess of Burgundy
Tristão Vasquez, kinsman of João, and married to Lucia of Kilmirren
Charles, comte de Charolais, son of Philip, Duke of Burgundy
Henry van Borselen, seigneur de Veere
Wolfaert van Borselen, son of Henry and Count of Buchan, Scotland
Mary, sister of King James II of Scotland and wife of Wolfaert van Borselen
Charles van Borselen, son of Wolfaert and Mary
Florence van Borselen, half-brother of Henry
Katelina van Borselen, elder daughter of Florence
Gelis van Borselen, younger daughter of Florence
Michiel Losschaert, knight of Bruges, formerly in Constantinople
Giovanni di Arrigo Arnolfini, merchant of Lucca in Bruges
Marco Corner, merchant of Venice in Bruges
Jacques Doria, merchant of Genoa in Bruges
William, Governor of the English merchants in Bruges
Colard (Collinet) Mansion, writer, translator and artist in Bruges
Oudenin, pawnbroker of Damme
Scots of Scotland and Bruges
Alan de St Pol, lord of Kilmirren, Scotland
Simon de St Pol, son of Alan’s younger brother Jordan
James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews, cousin of King James II of Scotland
George Martin, factor of the Bishop of St Andrews
Alexander, Duke of Albany, son of King James II and Queen Mary of Guelders
John Bonkle, illegitimate son of Edward Bonkle of Edinburgh
Stephen Angus, kinsman of