Summary of Christopher Hibbert's The Borgias and Their Enemies

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The city of Rome was once the capital of a mighty empire. But in the middle of the fifteenth century, two-thirds of the area inside the walls was uninhabited, and the city was covered in moss-covered statues, defaced and indecipherable inscriptions, and parts within the walls that look like thick woods or caves where forest animals were wont to breed.
#2 The popes remained in Avignon until 1362, when Urban V was elected. He traveled to Rome and took up residence in the Vatican Palace, but he died soon after. His successor, Gregory XI, moved the Curia back to Rome.
#3 The city of Rome was in a state of chaos and decay, and the Romans had allowed this to happen. The Romans had tried to form a strong and stable political state, but they had been unable to do so.
#4 Pope Nicholas V, who was elected in 1447, was a champion of the Renaissance. He promoted a Holy Year for 1450, which brought in a lot of money for the Church. He also deposited 100,000 golden sovereigns in the Medici bank.

Sujets

• Europe
• Renaissance
• History
• Histoire

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 08 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822504417
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Christopher Hibbert's The Borgias and Their Enemies
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The city of Rome was once the capital of a mighty empire. But in the middle of the fifteenth century, two-thirds of the area inside the walls was uninhabited, and the city was covered in moss-covered statues, defaced and indecipherable inscriptions, and parts within the walls that look like thick woods or caves where forest animals were wont to breed.

#2

The popes remained in Avignon until 1362, when Urban V was elected. He traveled to Rome and took up residence in the Vatican Palace, but he died soon after. His successor, Gregory XI, moved the Curia back to Rome.

#3

The city of Rome was in a state of chaos and decay, and the Romans had allowed this to happen. The Romans had tried to form a strong and stable political state, but they had been unable to do so.

#4

Pope Nicholas V, who was elected in 1447, was a champion of the Renaissance. He promoted a Holy Year for 1450, which brought in a lot of money for the Church. He also deposited 100,000 golden sovereigns in the Medici bank.

#5

The focus of Nicholas V’s new Christian capital was St. Peter’s Church, which was built by Emperor Constantine over the tomb of the first pope. He also moved his official residence from the Lateran to the Vatican Palace.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The death of Nicholas V, on March 24, 1455, marked the start of the conclave to choose his successor. The names of two elderly candidates emerged in the discussions: both were considered unobjectionable, although both were Spaniards and not likely to be a popular choice with the Roman people, who were famously hostile to the Catalans.

#2

The Borjas, or Borgias, were a family of some significance in Spain. Alfonso, the son of the owner of an estate at Játiva near Valencia, had studied and then taught law at Lérida. He was appointed private secretary to King Alfonso V of Aragon in 1442, and helped arrange the abdication of the anti-pope Clement VIII.

#3

The pope’s ambitions were not shared by all the European powers, who failed to contribute either money or men to the crusade. The pope raised money by imposing taxes and selling works of art, and he sent preachers armed with indulgences all over Europe.

#4

The voting for the new pope was held in the papal chapel the next day. Piccolomini had nine votes, d’Estouteville had six, and several other cardinals had one or two. Neither of the front-runners had achieved the necessary two-thirds majority, so they decided to elect the new pope that morning by the method known as accession.

#5

Pius II was elected Pope in August 1458, and he had the same ambition as his predecessor: to incite Christians against the Turks and declare war on them. He was also determined to become a worthy occupant of his holy office.
Insights from Chapter 3