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The Life And Pontificate Of Leo The Tenth V2
The Life And Pontificate Of Leo The Tenth V2 Author:William Roscoe Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XIV. 1516—1517. Proposed alliance of England, Spain, and Austria—Death of Ferdinand of Spain —His character—Francis I. forms designs upon the kingd... more »om of Naples— The emperor elect, Maximilian, enters Italy in great force—His ineffectual attempt against Milan—Francis I. suspects the pope of having favoured the enterprise—Leo intends to aggrandise his nephew Lorenzo—Excommunicates the duke of Urbiuo, and expels him from his dominions—Confers the title and authority on Lorenzo—The Venetians recover the city of Brescia— Verona successfully defended hy Marc-Antonio Colonna—Negotiations for the general pacification of Europe—Treaty of Noyou—Leo endeavours to counteract its effects—Treaty of London—Motive of the pope for opposing the pacification—The exiled duke of Urbino recovers his dominions—Leo requires the aid of all Christendom against him—The duke of Urhino challenges his rival Lorenzo to single combat—War of Urhino—The duko resigns his dominions—Conspiracy of Petrucci and other cardinals against the pope—Conspirators discovered—Arrest of the cardinal Riario—Several other cardinals confess their guilt—Execution of Petrucci and his subordinate accomplices—Conduct of Leo towards the other conspirators—Observations on this event—Leo creates in one day thirty-one cardinals—Splendour of the Roman See—Leo promotes the happiness of his subjects. After twenty years of warfare and desolation, Italy began at length to experience some respite from her calamities. The contest was not indeed wholly terminated ; but it was chiefly restricted to the Venetian territories, where the senate were struggling to recover from the emperor the important cities of Brescia and Verona, which, by the aid of their successful allies the French, they now expected speedily to accomplish. The conq...« less