On this day in 1527, Troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, broke into Rome and began looting, killing, raping and holding citizens for ransom without any restraint. Clement VII took refuge in Castel Sant’Angelo after the Swiss Guard were annihilated in a delaying rear guard action; he remained there until a ransom was paid to the pillagers. It was not until February 1528 that the spread of a plague and the approach of the relief forces under Odet de Foix forced the army to withdraw towards Naples from the city.
The Emperor denied responsibility for the sack and came to terms again with Clement VII, albeit under the Emperor’s control. On the other hand, the Sack of Rome further exacerbated religious hatred and antagonism between Catholics and Lutherans. Before the sack, Rome had been a center of Italian High Renaissance culture and patronage, and the main destination for any European artist eager for fame and wealth. Many of the great libraries and center’s of knowledge were destroyed.
Clement, never again to directly oppose the Emperor, rubber-stamped Charles’ demands – among them naming cardinals nominated by the latter; crowning Charles Holy Roman Emperor and King of Italy at Bologna in 1530; and refusing to annul the marriage of Charles’ beloved aunt, Catherine of Aragon, to King Henry VIII of England, prompting the English Reformation.
Sack of Rome by Francisco Javier Amérigo y Aparici 1884
Yesterday…
Which right is that???
Lots of people have dogs…
BADA BINGLE!!!!
I saw one of those martial arts guys do a spinning kick and thought it looked pretty easy. What I’m trying to say is, I need an ambulance.
Crazy how we used buy eggs to throw at houses now we cant even buy eggs or houses.
We are living is a day where people are proud of what they should be ashamed of.
Just because they make spandex and your size doesn’t mean you should be wearing it.
Being an adult is mostly realizing you don’t look as bad as you thought you did a few years ago because now you look worse.
tRUMP expected to rename San Andreas fault to Joe Bidens fault.
So much to do, so little desire to do it.
I used to be a people person but people ruined that for me.
I’m trying to decide between IDK, IDC, and IDGAF.
Cleaning is just putting stuff in less obvious places then wondering where you put them.
People at work tell me I have a lot of patience. Fact is… there are just way too many witnesses around.
Them: You told us you were busy! Me: I am. Busy avoiding people.
Knock knock. Who’s there? Candice. Candice who? Candice joke get any worse?
It’s getting buggy…
Today is the birthday, in 1951, of Scottish rock guitarist and vocalist Davey Johnstone best known for his work with Elton John. Johnstone’s debut album with Elton John as a full-time member of his band was on the 1972 Honky Chateau. On 10 June 2009, Johnstone played a landmark 2,000th show as a member of the Elton John Band at the SECC in Glasgow, Scotland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrpI7WbJcO8
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