Friday, July 20, 2012
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FRANCE.....1500 the highest point of the fortunesof caesar borgia, who seemed for awhile completely successful. same yr LXII made a treaty at granada, that he + ferdinand , the catholic, agreed to despoil frederick of naples; + in 1501 LXII made a 2nd expedition into italy. again all seemed easy at the start + he seized the kingdom of naples w/out difficulty; falling out w/ his partner in the bad bargain, ferd the catholic; he was speedily swept away out of italy, w/ loss of honor, men, + wealth.
now had to arrange france, LXII only had a daughte, claude + it was proposed that she be affianced to charles of austria, the, the future stateman + emp, this scheme formed the basis of the 3 treaties of blois(1504. in 1500, by the treaty of granada, LXII had turneed naples over to spain. now by the new 3 treaties he had alienated his allies, the venetians + the papacy, while he had in fact handled naples to the austrians, together w/ territories integral to parts of FR. the marriage to charles came to nothing; the good sense of some, feeling of the people, the uopen expressions of the states-general of tours. in 1506 worked against it. w/ had no strong advocate except queen anne. claude on intercession of the estates, was affianced to francisof augouleme, her distant cousin, the presumptive heir to the throne.
FRANCE.....1500 the highest point of the fortunesof caesar borgia, who seemed for awhile completely successful. same yr LXII made a treaty at granada, that he + ferdinand , the catholic, agreed to despoil frederick of naples; + in 1501 LXII made a 2nd expedition into italy. again all seemed easy at the start + he seized the kingdom of naples w/out difficulty; falling out w/ his partner in the bad bargain, ferd the catholic; he was speedily swept away out of italy, w/ loss of honor, men, + wealth.
