The Sack of Rome 1527

by Judith Hook

Book Overview

The sack of Rome shocked the Christian world. Following the battle of Pavia, Pope Clement VII joined (1526) the French-led League of Cognac to resist the threatened Habsburg domination of Europe. Emperor Charles V appealed to the German diet for support and raised an army, which entered Italy in 1527 and joined the imperial forces from Milan, commanded by the Duke of Bourbon. This army marched on Rome, hoping to detach the pope from the league. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403917698
• ISBN13: 9781403917690
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"