Cianci -McKinney Word Scramble
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Treaty of Lodi | 1454-1455. Allied Milan and Naples with Florence. |
Ludovico il Moro | ruled around 1490. Milanese despot. Encouraged France to invade and reconquer Naples. Later joined League of Venice to undo his wrong |
Naples | Italian city-state. Previously ruled by France (1266-1442), driven out by Duke Alfonso of Sicily. |
Milan | Italian city-state. France had a dynastic claim to here. |
Charles VIII | ruled 1483-1498. Successor to French King Louis XI, quickly invaded Italy |
Piero de' Medici | Florentine ruler, allied with Naples against Milan. Tried to prevent Florence's destruction by giving possessions to Charles VIII, but was exiled for it |
Ferdinand of Aragon | ruled 1479-1516. Created the League of Venice |
League of Venice | formed in March 1495. Consisted of Venice, the Papal States, Emperor Maximilian I, and Ferdinand of Aragon against the French invasion. |
Louis XII | ruled 1498-1515. Charles's successor. Invaded Milan in 1499. |
Pope Alexander VI | Italian-Borgian pope. Extremely corrupt, assisted Louis XII in invading Italy. |
Pope Julius II | ruled 1503-1513. Cardinal Guiliano della Rovere. Successor to Alexander. Suppressed the Borgian family of Alexander, conquered their land. Made the papacy more military. |
"Julius Excluded from Heaven" | Satire by Erasmus about Pope Julius trying to get into Heaven |
"Second" Holy League | 1511. Julius, Ferdinand of Aragon, Venice, Emperor Maximilian I, Switzerland. Created by Julius II to clear France from Italy. |
Francis I | ruled 1515-1547. Successor to Louis. Invaded Italy a third time, starting in 1515. |
Niccolo Machiavelli | 1469-1527. Italian humanist who suggested ways to protect Italy's independence and success. |
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