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The Renaissance And Counter-reformation

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Rome | No Comments »

As time went on, power gradually became concentrated in a handful of families , who swapped the top jobs, including the papacy itself, between them. ... Read more..

French and Spanish Intervention

Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in History of Italy | No Comments »

The inevitable finally happened when an Italian state invited a larger power in to defeat one of its rivals. In 1494, at the request of the Duke of Milan, Charles ... Read more..