The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Volume 2Henry G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Bologna - His interview with Francis I. - Particular occurrences on that occasion - Abolition of the Prag- matic Sanction and establishment of the Concordat - Leo X. returns to Florence -Raffaello Petrucci obtains the chief authority in ...
... Bologna - His interview with Francis I. - Particular occurrences on that occasion - Abolition of the Prag- matic Sanction and establishment of the Concordat - Leo X. returns to Florence -Raffaello Petrucci obtains the chief authority in ...
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... Bologna , whilst Lorenzo d Medici , as general of the Florentine republic , with tv thousand horse , and six thousand foot , took his station in t vicinity of Piacenza . * The views of the adverse parties were now fully disclosed and ...
... Bologna , whilst Lorenzo d Medici , as general of the Florentine republic , with tv thousand horse , and six thousand foot , took his station in t vicinity of Piacenza . * The views of the adverse parties were now fully disclosed and ...
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... Bologna ; on which account it would be more prudent for the pope , rather to relinquish those places voluntarily , than by an obstinate and hopeless defence , to endanger the safety of the states of the church . This pusillanimous ...
... Bologna ; on which account it would be more prudent for the pope , rather to relinquish those places voluntarily , than by an obstinate and hopeless defence , to endanger the safety of the states of the church . This pusillanimous ...
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... Bologna , where he promised to meet him as soon as the neces- sary arrangements could be made for their reception . Encouraged by the success of Francis I. the Venetians began to entertain hopes that they should be enabled to recover ...
... Bologna , where he promised to meet him as soon as the neces- sary arrangements could be made for their reception . Encouraged by the success of Francis I. the Venetians began to entertain hopes that they should be enabled to recover ...
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... Bologna being now completed , Leo commu- nicated his intention to the college of cardinals , some of whom ventured to insinuate that it would be derogatory to the dignity of the pontiff to receive the king in any other place than Rome ...
... Bologna being now completed , Leo commu- nicated his intention to the college of cardinals , some of whom ventured to insinuate that it would be derogatory to the dignity of the pontiff to receive the king in any other place than Rome ...
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