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The Italian Wars: When Europe Invaded Italy
In 1494, the carefully balanced power structure of the Italian peninsula shattered when King Charles VIII of France marched his army south with cannons that could breach any medieval wall. This episode traces the catastrophic chain of events triggered by the succession crisis in Naples and the diplomatic blunders of Lorenzo de' Medici’s successor, Piero. We explore how the Battle of Fornovo marked not a French victory but a mutual exhaustion that invited Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and England into the Italian theater for decades. The conversation details the personal fates of key…
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