Describe Italy in the 14 th and 15 th Centuries Treaty of Lodi Forms an alliance between Milan Naples and Florence The Papal States and Venice were already allies The peace would end ID: 705814
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The End Justifies the Means…
Describe Italy in the 14
th
and 15
th
CenturiesSlide2
Treaty of Lodi
Forms an alliance between Milan, Naples, and Florence.
The Papal States and Venice were already allies.Slide3
The peace would end!!!
Ludovico of Milan invites the French to re-stake their claim of Naples.Slide4
Ludovico Opens Pandora’s Box
France wants more territory than just Naples.
This begins a French occupation of the Italian kingdoms.Slide5
Girolamo Savonarola
Warned the people of France that the French advance was a punishment for their sins.
Radical monkSlide6
Florence Survives
Florence, led by Savonarola, does not fight.
He would rule for four years until his execution in 1498.Slide7Slide8
Alexander VI
Sought an alliance with the French.Slide9
Cesare and Lucrezia
BorgiaSlide10
France Reigns In Italy
France occupied Italy in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s until the Holy League (Julius, Ferdinand of Aragon, and Venice along with Maximilian I of the Swiss) drove out the French.
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Ludovico Dies
Ludovico
died in a French prison.Slide12
Eventually the French war squad turns its focus elsewhere, Spain Slide13
The Habsburg-Valois Wars
Consisted of 4 major wars during the early part of the 16
th
century.Spain crushes the French in each one.
Poor FranceSlide14
Niccolo Machiavelli
Wanted political unity and independence of Italy.
A
successful ruler instills fear on subjects.
Side-note:
The Prince
was Hitler’s favorite read.
Slide15
Using pages 336-338
Create a chart for France, England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Identify the major happenings and the major players in each country during the late 15
th
, early 16th
centuries.