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The Sack of 1527: When Rome Burned and Europe Shook
In April 1527, the city of Rome suffered a violence that shocked Christendom. The Sack was not a battle but a mutiny by unpaid imperial troops under Charles V. Led by Georg von Frundsberg’s veterans and Bourbon’s French mercenaries, they breached the walls while Pope Clement VII fled to Castel Sant’Angelo. Lucas and Luna explore how financial collapse and religious tension turned soldiers into predators. We look at the death of Cardinal Sanseverino, the destruction of Raphael’s frescoes in the Vatican, and the flight of artists like Michelangelo. This episode examines the human cost behind…
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