# Endnotes explained — The Charterhouse of Parma

> Chapter companion for The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal.

## What happens

The endnotes provide explanatory annotations on Italian customs, literary references, historical figures, and translation notes referenced in the main text.

## Key lines

> By the local custom, borrowed from Germany, this title is given to every son of a Marchese; Contino to the son of a Conte, Contessina to the daughter of a Conte, etc.

In the local tradition, derived from Germany, the title 'Contino' is used for the son of a Count, and 'Contessina' for the daughter of a Count, while every son of a Marchese receives a specific title.

_Explains Italian aristocratic title conventions._

> The speaker is carried away by passion; he is rendering in prose some lines of the famous Monti.

The speaker, overcome by emotion, is paraphrasing verses by the renowned poet Monti into prose.

_Identifies a literary allusion to Monti._

> Silvio Pellico has given this name a European notoriety: it is that of the street in Milan in which the police headquarters and prisons are situated.

Silvio Pellico made this street name famous across Europe; it is the Milanese street housing the police headquarters and prisons.

_Historical reference to Pellico's influence._

> See the curious Memoirs of M. Andryane, as entertaining as a novel, and as lasting as Tacitus.

Refer to the intriguing memoirs of M. Andryane, which are as engaging as a novel and as enduring as the works of Tacitus.

_Recommends Andryane's memoirs for their narrative and historical value._

> In Italy, young men with influence or brains become Monsignori and prelati , which does not mean bishop; they then wear violet stockings. A man need not take any vows to become Monsignore ; he can discard his violet stockings and marry.

In Italy, influential or intelligent young men can become Monsignori or prelati without becoming bishops; they wear violet stockings and are not required to take vows, allowing them to marry and later abandon the clerical dress.

_Clarifies the Italian ecclesiastical title system._

> Pier-Luigi, the first sovereign of the Farnese family, so renowned for his virtues, was, as is generally known, a natural son of His Holiness Pope Paul III .

Pier-Luigi, the first ruler of the Farnese dynasty, celebrated for his virtues, was the illegitimate son of Pope Paul III.

_Historical note on the Farnese lineage._

> For this translation of La Fontaine’s fable I am indebted to my friend Mr. Edward Marsh, who allows me to reprint the lines from his Forty-Two Fables of La Fontaine (William Heinemann, Ltd. , 1924). — C. K. S. M.

The translation of La Fontaine's fable used here is by Edward Marsh, reprinted with permission from his 1924 collection 'Forty-Two Fables of La Fontaine'.

_Acknowledges the source of the fable translation._

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